Raytheon looks to ramp up SM-3 missile production rates amid its success countering Iranian missiles in the large-scale ...

has reached full-rate production of the latest Standard Missile 3 (SM-3) iteration, Block IIA. Now that manufacturing ...

An curved arrow pointing right. The SM-3 Block IIA Interceptor Missile was designed to intercept and destroy other missiles. Watch its first intercept test as another missile was launched from ...

US Congress has allocated $250 million for restoring the production of the RIM-161 Standard Missile 3 Block IB (SM–3 IB) ...

The SM-3 Block IB has a range of about 700 km. The SM-3 Block IIA has a larger second stage and a range of about 2,500 km. However, while the SM-3 Block IIA has a longer range, it is not a ...

SM-3 Block IBs run about USD12.5 million per missile and Block IIAs cost about USD28.7 million each, according to budget documents, USN officials familiar with missile operations, and defence ...

Russian Foreign Ministry calls US missile defense in Europe direct threat to security "One other thing I should point out is that the Aegis SM-3 Block IIA missile will not just be deployed in ...

MOSCOW, March 22. /TASS/. Russia is concerned over reports about Washington’s plans to test the SM-3 Block IIA interceptor missile against intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBM), the Russian ...

A Standard Missile-3 Block IIA is loaded into the Vertical Launch System (VLS) on Anderson Air Force Base, Guam, in preparation for Flight Experiment Mission-02. (Photo courtesy of Missile Defense ...

They will use the best hardware in the country's arsenal, including the SM-3 Block IIA and SM-6, Patriot PAC-3 MSE, and THAAD missile systems, and a new, advanced radar, the AN/TPY-6, and short-range ...