FTM-44

On Nov. 16, U.S. Missile Defense Agency and Navy sailors aboard USS John Finn (DDG 113), an Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense System-equipped destroyer, fired a Standard Missile-3 (SM-3) Block IIA guided missile that successfully intercepted and destroyed a mock Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) during a flight test demonstration in the broad ocean area northeast of Hawaii.

Naval Surface Warfare Center, Port Hueneme Division personnel supported the complex at-sea test while aboard the John Finn and from various shore-based command and control locations around the Pacific region.

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Naval Surface Warfare Center, Port Hueneme Division Led Critical Steps in Successful Flight Test Aegis Weapon System-44 (FTM-44)

PACIFIC REGION - On Nov. 16, U.S. Missile Defense Agency and Navy sailors aboard USS John Finn (DDG 113), an Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense System-equipped destroyer, fired a Standard Missile-3 (SM-3) Block IIA guided missile that successfully intercepted and destroyed a mock Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) during a flight test demonstration in the broad ocean area northeast of Hawaii. Naval Surface Warfare Center, Port Hueneme Division personnel supported the complex at-sea test while aboard the John Finn and from various shore-based command and control locations around the Pacific region.

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