NAVY SM-3 LAUNCH: It’s not a recent photo but it’s spectacular. The SM-3 (Standard Missile 3) is a weapon in the Navy’s to Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense System. It can intercept short- and intermediate-range ballistic missiles. It can also hit satellites in orbit. That’s been proven. In 2008 an SM-3 destroyed a malfunctioning U.S. satellite. This article has a lot of background on the SM-3 and the U.S. Army’ THAAD.
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