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 ...

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 ...

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

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

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 ...

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

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

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 ...

The U.S. Missile Defense Agency (MDA) has successfully simulated an intercept of a mock advanced hypersonic missile using a ...