RIM-161 Standard Missile 3
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The RIM-161 Standard Missile 3 is a ship-based surface-to-air missile used by the United States Navy to intercept ballistic missiles as a part of Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense System. With the Block
A RIM-161 standard missile 3 (SM-3) is launched from the Aegis cruiser USS Lake Erie
An SM-3 launched to destroy the failed USA-193 satellite
SM-3 launch from USS Lake Erie, 2005
SM-3 launch from USS Shiloh, 2006
The Aegis ballistic missile defense system, also known as Sea-Based Midcourse, is a Missile Defense Agency program under the United States Department of Defense developed to provide missile defense ag
RIM-161 Standard Missile 3
…RIM-161 Standard Missile 3 (SM-3) is a ship-based surface-to-air missile used by the United States Navy to intercept ballistic missiles as a part of Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense System. With the Block IIA's range of 1,200 km, the SM-3 is the second longest-ranged anti-ballistic of the US Missile Defense Agency, behind the Ground-Based…
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NATO's Aegis Ashore Ballistic Missile Defense System (AABMDS) site in Romania
NATO's Aegis Ashore Ballistic Missile Defense System (AABMDS) site in Redzikowo, Poland