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The SM-3 IIA’s size, range, speed, and sensor technology could enable it to collide with enemy ICBMs at the beginning or end of its flight through space.
How Good is Russia’s New Missile Interceptor?
What kind of interceptor is the new Russian weapon? Having an idea would give the Pentagon a much sought-after advantage.
The Russian Defense Ministry has announced the existence of a new interceptor, or missile defense technology. It is apparently intended to challenge U.S. intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs) and countermeasures in new and potentially unprecedented ways.
“Russia’s Aerospace Force has successfully test-launched a new interceptor missile of the country’s anti-ballistic missile (ABM) defense system. The Aerospace Force’s air and anti-ballistic missile defense troops conducted another successful test-launch of a new missile, which is part of the Russian anti-ballistic missile defense system at the Sary-Shagan proving ground (the Republic of Kazakhstan),” the Russian Defense Ministry said, according to Russia’s TASS news agency.