The SM-3 missile operates in three stages. Initially, it is launched from a ship into space. In its mid-course phase, it travels through space, utilizing onboard sensors and data from ground ...

U nited States Navy warships fired the RIM-161 Standard Missile 3 (SM-3) ship-based surface-to-air interceptor missile for the first time in combat operation this past weekend to counter Iranian ...

An curved arrow pointing right. The SM-3 Block IIA Interceptor Missile was designed to intercept and destroy other missiles. Watch its first intercept test as another missile was launched from ...

Japan will take delivery of additional Standard Missile-3 Block IIA interceptors, according to the Pentagon.

Japanese Defense Minister Gen Nakatani has announced that Tokyo proposed joint production of the SM-6 ship-to-air missile ...

The US has positioned a THAAD missile battery in Israel to reinforce the Israeli Arrow system, and the two intercepted ...

USS Gerald R. Ford carrier strike group conducted its final training exercise recently in the Atlantic Ocean, preparing for a ...

The FTX-40 test, or “Stellar Banshee,” served as a validation for modern hypersonic missile tracking satellites, upgraded ...

This includes 120 SM-2 missiles priced at around $2.1 million each, eighty SM-6 missiles at $3.9 million apiece, and twenty Evolved Sea Sparrow and SM-3 missiles estimated to cost between $9.6 ...

Standard Missile 6, the U.S. Navy successfully shot down a threat representative Hypersonic Target Vehicle (HTV-1) off the ...

will be upgraded to support SM-3 and newer variants of the SM missile family. Throughout their expected service life, DDG 51 destroyers will continue to provide multi-mission offensive and ...