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Japan, South Korea, U.S. to conduct trilateral missile defense exercise ahead of Pacific Rim

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South Korea announced that it will join Japan and United States for a trilateral ballistic missile defense exercise in Hawaii on Jun. 28.

Ballistic Missile Defense System (BMDS) Overview
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SeaRAM successfully took down two supersonic targets in a single engagment

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The U.S. Navy put the SeaRAM to its most complex test yet by having its engage two supersonic targets that were flying in complex, evasive maneuvers.

Sailors clean the SEARAM close-in weapons system aboard USS Porter. (26001426632)
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