The Expansion Of The Aegis Program

Since 2005, Aegis has performed successful testing of sea-based intercepts; tracking multiple targets; intercept of targets where the warhead was separating from the booster; and engagement with ballistic missile and cruise missile targets. Photo from Army-Technology

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October 4, 2009: The U.S. government, encouraged by the high success rate (83 percent) of U.S. Navy Aegis equipped ships using SM-3 missiles to shoot down ballistic missiles, has decided to expand the number of SM-3 equipped ships. Just this year, the navy completed equipping 18 ships with the Aegis anti-missile system, and that number may soon more than triple.

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My Comment: I remembered how this technology was scorned at and ridiculed 25 years ago .... and today .... a marvel of what technology and science are capable of.

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