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The intercept f<a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/naval\/2018\/10\/26\/after-consecutive-failures-navy-has-successful-sm-3-missile-intercept\/\" target=\"_blank\">ollowed an October success<\/a>, which shook off two hard-luck consecutive failures \u2015 one caused <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/naval\/2017\/07\/24\/sailor-error-led-to-failed-us-navy-ballistic-missile-intercept-test\/\" target=\"_blank\">by a sailor error<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/breaking-news\/2018\/01\/31\/second-navy-sm-3-block-iia-ballistic-missile-intercept-hawaii-report\/\" target=\"_blank\">a second caused by a misfired <\/a>third-stage rocket motor. Both tests were on course for a successful intercept when the respective mishaps occurred, officials told Defense News.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The missile, which was launched from Hawaii, fired on a track from a sensor that was a significant distance from the Aegis Ashore Missile Defense Test Complex at the Pacific Missile Rang Facility at Kauai, said Mark Wright, spokesman for the Missile Defense Agency.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Aegis Ashore never had a native track on the missile, Wright confirmed, meaning the missile that was shot from that facility successfully locked onto a target, which was entirely tracked by a non-native sensor relaying its tracking data, a key capability under development by the MDA.<\/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\/09\/12\/japanese-destroyer-shoots-down-ballistic-missile-off-hawaii\/\" 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=\"220\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/atago.jpg_25910a.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\">Japanese destroyer shoots down ballistic missile off Hawaii<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">The test, which took place at Pacific Missile Range Facility at Barking Sands in Hawaii, was designed to test the installation of the capability in Atago&#039;s Aegis combat system.<\/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 SM-3 Block IIA is a co-development between the U.S. and Japan, and it 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. 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