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soryang

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2. Another report

Reply to soryang (Reply #1)

Tue Jun 22, 2021, 09:10 AM

Jun 2021

The successful test marks another positive step for SM-3 after a run of bad luck in recent years, including an incident where a sailor inadvertently triggered a self-destruct of the missile in flight by misidentifying the incoming missile as a friendly target. A test in 2018 also failed.

https://www.defensenews.com/naval/2020/11/17/us-navy-destroyer-shoots-down-an-icbm-in-milestone-test/

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the last test failed soryang Jun 2021 #1

Another report soryang Jun 2021 #2

That was a different type of missile. Angleae Jun 2021 #3

these missile systems are plagued with problems soryang Jun 2021 #4