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Missile Defense | SM-3 Test Data May Hold Clues to ‘Shoot-look-shoot’ Capability

by Mike GrussSeptember 30, 2013January 20, 2023

Caption: An SM-3 Block 1B interceptor is launched from the USS Lake Erie during an MDA test and successfully intercepted a complex short-range ballistic missile target off the coast of Kauai, Hawaii.

The launch of a second interceptor toward the same target will provide operational data.

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Mike Gruss is the chief content and strategy officer at SpaceNews. From 2013 to 2016 he was a senior reporter at SpaceNews covering military space. Previously, he was editor in chief of Sightline Media Group and worked as a reporter and columnist for... More by Mike Gruss