U.S. eyes testing antiballistic missile against ICBM

May 17, 2018

Kyodo News:

The U.S. Missile Defense Agency plans to test an antiballistic missile, jointly developed with Japan, on its ability to intercept an intercontinental ballistic missile, a senior defense official said Wednesday.

Rear Adm. Jon Hill, deputy director of the agency, did not provide details, such as timing, on the planned test of the Standard Missile-3 Block IIA, citing the protection of intelligence.

“I hate making things easy on our adversaries, so I’m not going to say when we’re going to do it or how we’re going to do it,” Hill said at an event in Washington. “But we’re going to do it.”

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