The sea-based Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense system has conducted the first intercept of a target missile while using tracking data provided by satellites, the Pentagon said. The test took place early yesterday morning when a Standard Missile-3 (SM-3) fired from the USS Lake Erie (CG-70) cruiser struck a target missile launched from the Pacific Missile Range Facility in Hawaii, the Pentagon’s Missile Defense Agency (MDA) said. The orbiting Space Tracking and Surveillance System-Demonstrators (STSS-D) detected the target moments after it…
Sea Missile Defense Scores Hit Using Space-based Data
Defense Daily Staff
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