The Navy and the Pentagon’s Missile Defense Agency have for the first time deployed on a ship the block 1B version of the Standard Missile-3 for missile defense, prime contractor Raytheon [RTN] said Wednesday. The SM-31B was deployed as part of the U.S. missile defense plans for Europe known as the European Phased Adaptive Approach (EPAA) and endorsed by NATO. The deployment of the SM-3- 1B marks the second phase of the EPAA. The United States began EPAA with the…
