Search This Site

Missile Defense Briefing for



...Missile Defense News


Monday, October 16, 2017

As North Korea threat looms, US Navy tests ballistic missile shootdown capability

As North Korea threat looms, US Navy tests ballistic missile shootdown capability

"...The live-fire exercise included 14 NATO warships, according to a statement from the U.S. Navy. During the maneuver, USS Donald Cook, an Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer, successfully “detected, tracked and intercepted a medium-range ballistic missile target with a Standard Missile-3 Block IB guided missile,” the statement said. In addition to the U.S., ships from Canada, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Spain and the United Kingdom also participated in the live-fire defense test..."

Reference: www.foxnews.com .