MDA executes most complex mission so far by firing 4 SM-6s at two targets

The U.S. Missile Defense Agency has carried out its most complex test so far on Jul. 24 by firing four SM-6 Dual II missiles at two short-range ballistic missile targets.

SM-6 Eram June 2014
By U.S. Navy photo/Released (http://www.navy.mil/view_image.asp?id=180264) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons


While one target was destroyed, the agency was not sure if the other target was intercepted.

This is the third flight test of the SM-6 Dual II missile from a Aegis BMD-equipped warship.

The firing ship for the test was the USS Ralph Johnson (DDG 114) and it took place off Hawaii.

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