Featured in SM-3 Block IIABYThomas Newdick and Joseph TrevithickApr 29, 2021ShareDoes Spending Nearly $18B On A Few Dozen New ICBM Interceptors Even Make Sense Strategically?With so much spent on so few interceptors, each costing at least $74M, enemies are incentivized to simply build more missiles to overwhelm the system. BYThomas Newdick and Joseph TrevithickApr 29, 2021ShareBYThe War Zone staffNov 17, 2020ShareThe Navy Has Finally Proven It Can Shoot Down An Intercontinental Ballistic MissileThe successful test event involved a defense of Hawaii scenario, in which a destroyer used an SM-3 Block IIA missile to swat down an ICBM. BYThe War Zone staffNov 17, 2020ShareBYJoseph TrevithickJun 15, 2020ShareJapan Halts Aegis Ashore Missile Defense Plans Indefinitely Amid Public OppositionTechnical issues and concerns about cost, coupled with public outcries and embarrassing blunders have hampered the project. BYJoseph TrevithickJun 15, 2020ShareBYJoseph TrevithickJun 30, 2019ShareUS Missile Defense Test Fails As N. Korea Plans Parade With Hundreds of Ballistic MissilesThe North Koreans reportedly hope to scare the United States into backing down from possible plans for a preventive strike. BYJoseph TrevithickJun 30, 2019ShareBYTyler RogowayMar 20, 2019ShareNavy To Supersize Its Ultra Versatile SM-6 Missile For Even Longer Range And Higher SpeedThe SM-6 is getting a way bigger rocket motor that will allow it to reach even farther than before and enemy ships may be its primary target. BYTyler RogowayMar 20, 2019Share
BYThomas Newdick and Joseph TrevithickApr 29, 2021ShareDoes Spending Nearly $18B On A Few Dozen New ICBM Interceptors Even Make Sense Strategically?With so much spent on so few interceptors, each costing at least $74M, enemies are incentivized to simply build more missiles to overwhelm the system. BYThomas Newdick and Joseph TrevithickApr 29, 2021Share
BYThe War Zone staffNov 17, 2020ShareThe Navy Has Finally Proven It Can Shoot Down An Intercontinental Ballistic MissileThe successful test event involved a defense of Hawaii scenario, in which a destroyer used an SM-3 Block IIA missile to swat down an ICBM. BYThe War Zone staffNov 17, 2020Share
BYJoseph TrevithickJun 15, 2020ShareJapan Halts Aegis Ashore Missile Defense Plans Indefinitely Amid Public OppositionTechnical issues and concerns about cost, coupled with public outcries and embarrassing blunders have hampered the project. BYJoseph TrevithickJun 15, 2020Share
BYJoseph TrevithickJun 30, 2019ShareUS Missile Defense Test Fails As N. Korea Plans Parade With Hundreds of Ballistic MissilesThe North Koreans reportedly hope to scare the United States into backing down from possible plans for a preventive strike. BYJoseph TrevithickJun 30, 2019Share
BYTyler RogowayMar 20, 2019ShareNavy To Supersize Its Ultra Versatile SM-6 Missile For Even Longer Range And Higher SpeedThe SM-6 is getting a way bigger rocket motor that will allow it to reach even farther than before and enemy ships may be its primary target. BYTyler RogowayMar 20, 2019Share
