{"id":23413,"date":"2018-10-26T17:05:04","date_gmt":"2018-10-26T17:05:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2018\/10\/26\/after-consecutive-failures-navy-has-successful-sm-3-missile-intercept\/"},"modified":"2026-08-07T22:01:32","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T22:01:32","slug":"after-consecutive-failures-navy-has-successful-sm-3-missile-intercept","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/naval\/2018\/10\/26\/after-consecutive-failures-navy-has-successful-sm-3-missile-intercept\/","title":{"rendered":"After consecutive failures, watch US Navy intercept test missile with SM-3 weapon"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-smg-jwplayer-video\"><atype-video-jwplayer nostick=\"true\" playlisturl=\"https:\/\/cdn.jwplayer.com\/v2\/playlists\/fCzRqMW8?tags=6df0ddf2-7864-47db-9635-ed8506a9be44\" poster=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/video-poster-6df0ddf2-7864-47db-9635-ed8506a9be44.jpg\" aspectratio=\"16 \/ 9\" mute autostart=\"false\"><\/atype-video-jwplayer><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The Pentagon intercepted a test ballistic missile with the Standard Missile-3 Block IIA system. (Mark Wright\/U.S. Missile Defense Agency)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">WASHINGTON \u2014 The Pentagon intercepted a test ballistic missile with the Standard Missile-3 Block IIA system, the second time that weapon has been successfully tested \u2014 a relief for the department following two consecutive test failures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The SM-3 Block IIA is a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/digital-show-dailies\/surface-navy-association\/2018\/01\/09\/japan-cleared-to-buy-missile-defense-focused-sm-3\/\" target=_blank>co-development<\/a> between the U.S. and Japan, and is expected to be equipped on both the U.S. Aegis Ashore stations in Romania and Poland and the future Aegis Ashore stations in Japan \u2014 making it a keystone to America\u2019s short- and intermediate-range missile defense strategies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The system can be launched from sea or land via the Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense system. The IIA variant comes with enlarged rocket motors and a bigger kinetic warhead, according to industry lead Raytheon.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/space\/2018\/02\/01\/reality-check-failures-happen-even-in-missile-defense-testing\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"190\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/SM-3.png.png?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Reality check: Failures happen, even in missile defense testing<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">Despite the failure, experts say that in the long run the SM-3 IIA has no choice but to succeed.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The intercept occurred off the west coast of Hawaii, when an SM-3 launched by the guided-missile destroyer John Finn destroyed a target launched from the Pacific Missile Range Facility at Kauai.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThis was a superb accomplishment and key milestone for the SM-3 Block IIA return to flight,&#8221; Missile Defense Agency Director Lt. 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Sam Greaves said in a statement. &#8220;My congratulations to the entire team, including our sailors, industry partners, and allies who helped achieve this milestone.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThis second intercept for the SM-3 Block IIA is a success we share with the Missile Defense Agency and the country of Japan, our cooperative development partners,\u201d Taylor Lawrence, Raytheon Missile Systems president, said in a statement. \u201cTogether, we are building the most advanced solutions for ballistic missile defense.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/naval\/2018\/08\/06\/with-failures-in-the-rearview-the-us-navy-and-missile-defense-agency-push-toward-critical-missile-test\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/2039733-Cropped.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">With failures in the rearview, the US Navy and Missile Defense Agency push toward critical missile test<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">The SM-3 Block IIA missile is heading for a crucial test that the Pentagon hopes will dispel nagging doubts after two successive failures.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Tests have not always gone smoothly for the new SM-3 system. While the first system test in February 2017 was successful, a second test in June 2017 was washed out after a sailor <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/naval\/2017\/07\/24\/sailor-error-led-to-failed-us-navy-ballistic-missile-intercept-test\/\" target=_blank>accidentally triggered <\/a>the missile\u2019s self-destruct feature by misidentifying it as a friendly target. A third test, held in January 2018, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/news\/your-army\/2018\/02\/20\/failed-missile-test-off-of-kauai-costs-130-million-3\/\" target=_blank>ended in a failure<\/a> that cost taxpayers $130 million.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Speaking to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/pentagon\/2018\/03\/06\/missile-defense-failure-might-prove-a-good-thing-for-sm-3-iia-in-the-long-run-says-mda-head\/\" target=\"_blank\">reporters in March<\/a>, Greaves emphasized that even in an intercept failure, MDA gains a wealth of knowledge from each test launch. 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