Raytheon on target

Raytheon's missile-killers

"...Another version, the SM-3 Block IB, will feature an improved kinetic kill vehicle - a nonexplosive warhead that destroys a target by sheer impact - by 2012 and will be adapted to a ground-based system by 2015...."

Reference: azstarnet.com .

Raytheon interceptor destroys another ballistic missile

Raytheon interceptor destroys another ballistic missile

"...Specifically, the SM-3 Block IA missile destroyed a medium-range ballistic missile target more than 100 miles above the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Kauai, Hawaii...."

Reference: seattlepi.com .