Successful SM-3 Test by the US and Japan Completed

12/12/2015
The joint U.S.-Japan development of a 21-inch diameter variant of the SM-3 is designed to defeat medium- and intermediate-range ballistic missiles.

Coalition Missile Defense Test: USS Ross Intercepts Ballistic Missile Target

10/23/2015
This is first time a Standard Missile-3 (SM-3) Block IA guided interceptor engaged a ballistic missile threat in a European theater-based range.