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US successfully intercepts medium-range ballistic missile near Guam
The target was intercepted by a Standard Missile-3 Block IIA missile.
The United States successfully test intercepted a medium-range ballistic missile near Guam. This was reported by the US Missile Defense Agency (MDA).
“The Missile Defense Agency, in collaboration with Department of Defense partners, successfully conducted a real-time interception of a ballistic missile, marking the first missile defense exercise launched from Guam. During the flight experiment, the Aegis Guam system was integrated with the new AN/TPY-6 radar and vertical launch system, fired a Standard Missile-3 Block IIA missile, which intercepted an air-launched medium-range ballistic missile off the coast of a US Air Force base Andersen, Guam,” reads the…
