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2020
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First ICBM Intercept test of SM-3 Block IIA Missile completed.
Posted by Arms Control Center in MISSILES, tags: (SM-3), Aegis, ballistic missile, Ballistic Missile Defense, Hawaii, intercontinental ballistic missile, missile, Missile-3, Missile-3 (SM-3) Block IIA, Navy, ocean, U.S.A Standard Missile-3 (SM-3) Block IIA missile was used by the U.S. Missile Defense Agency (MDA) and U.S. Navy sailors that were aboard an Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) System-equipped destroyer, to intercept and destroy a threat-representative Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM), during a flight test demonstration in the broad ocean area northeast of Hawaii.