US and Japan Successfully Test SM-3 IB Threat Update


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On September 11, the United States and Japan successfully intercepted a separating ballistic missile target with a Standard Missile-3 (SM-3) IB Threat Update (TU) interceptor off the coast of Hawaii. The Japanese Aegis destroyer JS Atago (DDG-177) fired the SM-3 and intercepted the target in the test. According to the Missile Defense Agency press release, “The event, designated Japan Flight Test Mission-05 (JFTM-05), was conducted in order to demonstrate a successful engagement of a target missile from the JS ATAGO using the sea-based midcourse engagement capability provided by Aegis BMD.”

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Missile Defense Project, "US and Japan Successfully Test SM-3 IB Threat Update," Missile Threat, Center for Strategic and International Studies, September 12, 2018, last modified September 12, 2018, https://missilethreat.csis.org/us-and-japan-successfully-test-sm-3-ib-threat-update/.