SM-3 successfully launched

A Raytheon Standard SM-3 missile launched from the USS Lake Erie and guided by the Lockheed Martin Aegis weapon system intercepted a ballistic missile target over the Pacific Ocean in the 13 June test of the US Missile Defense Agency's sea-based midcourse defence system. It was the fourth successful flight and second consecutive hit for the SM-3 under the Aegis Lightweight Exo-Atmospheric Projectile Intercept project.

Source: Flight International