The Aegish Ashore test site at the Pacific Missile Range Facility (PMRF), Kauai, Hawaii successfully conducted the first intercept flight test on Dec. 9.
By Missile Defense Agency – United States Department of Defense (United States Naval Institute News) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
The SM-3 Block IB Threat Upgrade interceptor was able to destroy a target representing a medium-range ballistic missile.