US Navy Warships Fired SM-3s To Intercept Iranian Missiles

US Navy Warships Fired SM-3s To Intercept Iranian Missiles

Handout photo dated December 10, 2018 shows a Standard Missile (SM) 3 Block IIA is launched from the Aegis Ashore Missile Defense Test Complex at the Pacific Missile Range Facility at Kauai, Hawaii. US Navy warships used a missile interceptor for the first time in combat over the weekend while defending Israel from an unprecedented Iranian attack. Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro said American forces fired the Standard Missile 3, or SM-3, to engage Iranian ballistic missiles that were fired as part of the massive barrage, which included more than 300 missiles and drones launched from Tehran and its proxies. U.S. Army photo via ABACAPRESS.COM

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