Evolved Standard Missile Extends Reach Of U.S. Defenses
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Credit: MDA
The beefed-up Raytheon Standard Missile developed jointly by the U.S. and Japan has excelled in its first intercept trial against a medium-range ballistic missile target, raising the bar of missile shield technology as North Korea works to deploy nuclear warheads atop its increasingly sophisticated...
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