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US-Japanese Missile – SM-3 Block IIA Scores a Bullseye on 1st Intercept Test
Sunday, February 5, 2017 2:28
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Defense-Update reports: 
The first live intercept test of the Standard Missile-3 (SM-3) Block IIA interceptor missile was completed successfully on Friday dawn, off the west coast of Hawaii, proving the design maturity of the most advanced interceptor in the sea-based AEGIS Missile Defense system. The intercept was conducted by the US Navy AEGIS test ship – from the USS John Paul Jones (DDG 53) as part of a US-Japanese cooperative development.
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Source: http://defense-update.com/20170205_sm3block2a_test.html
