Announced successful interception test of new missile jointly developed by Japan and the United States Department of Defense

Announced Successful Interception Test of New Missile Jointly Developed by Japan and the United States Department of Defense November 18, 8:16

The U.S. Department of Defense announced that it had succeeded in intercepting an ICBM = intercontinental ballistic missile with a new type of interceptor missile jointly developed by Japan and the United States for the first time, and improved its defense capabilities with North Korea advancing the development of ICBM in mind. I emphasized.

The US Department of Defense's Missile Defense Agency announced on the 16th that it had successfully conducted an ICBM interception test off the coast of Hawaii with the new interception missile "SM3 Block llA" jointly developed by Japan and the United States.

In the experiment, a high-performance radar tracked a target that assumed an ICBM launched in the Marshall Islands, which is more than 4000 km away from Hawaii, and destroyed it with an interceptor missile launched from an Aegis ship of the US Navy.

The same type of missile has been tested to intercept intermediate-range ballistic missiles, but this is the first ICBM interception test.

The United States has shown a strong sense of crisis regarding the development and technological progress of North Korea's ICBM, and the success of this experiment emphasizes the improvement of defense capabilities.

The "SM3 Block llA" will also be deployed on the Maritime Self-Defense Force's Aegis ship, and once the operation begins, the Self-Defense Force's interception capability will be strengthened.