First intercept test of SM-3 Block 2A in October

The new SM-3 Block 2A interceptor, jointly develop by the United States and Japan, will face its first intercept test this October.

By Lt. Chris Bishop Deputy Director, U.S. Navy photo (RELEASED) (http://www.navy.mil/view_image.asp?id=45496) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons

So far the missile has been fired twice by the U.S. Missile Defense Agency.