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Missile Defense

Guam Needs SM-6 For Hypersonic Defense, Official Says

Wednesday, November 24th, 2021

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Guam Needs SM-6 For Hypersonic Defense, Official Says

The USS Donald Cook (DDG-75) fires an SM-3 Block IB missiles during Formidable Shield 2017. (Photo: U.S. Navy)

Any Guam missile defense system would need the Navy’s SM-6 missile for its utility in hyperosnic missile defense, a Missile Defense Agency (MDA) official said last week. SM-6 is a “fantastic missile, just absolutely great missile” because it performs various missions like self-defense, area defense, force level defense, prompt sea strike and sea-based terminal defense of hypersonic weapons,” Rear Adm. Tom Druggan, Program Executive for Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) at MDA, said Nov. 18 during a Center for Strategic…

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