Most Advanced Missile Defense Tech: SM-3 Block IIA Missile Test Fire

The Technical Research and Development Institute (TRDI), Japan Ministry of Defense (MOD), and the U.S. Missile Defense Agency (MDA), in cooperation with the U.S. Navy, announced the successful completion of a Standard Missile-3 (SM-3) Block IIA flight test from the Point Mugu Sea Range, San Nicolas Island, California. This test, designated SM-3 Block IIA Cooperative Development Controlled Test Vehicle-01, was the first live fire of the SM-3 Block IIA. The missile successfully demonstrated flyout through nosecone deployment and third stage flight. No intercept was planned, and no target missile was launched. Video by Ralph Scott | Missile Defense Agency | Date: 06.06.2015
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[@Jaxymann]

Starving children in Africa could've eaten that missile...

[@tacotown4598]

That missile is worth 18 million dollars
Worth every penny.

[@aczjbr]

3ª geração do AEGIS

[@Kid574]

The slow-mo part