Breaking Video: Successful Aegis SM-3 Test
July 31st, 2009
The United States Navy tested a Standard Missile-3 (SM-3) today in Hawaii. The SM-3 launched from the USS Hopper shot down a short-range ballistic missile shot from Barking Sands in Kaua’i.
This was the latest test of the sea based Aegis system which so far has had 18 successful intercepts in 22 attempts.