The US Navy wants a lot more of a missile that just recently scored its first kill to counter Pacific threats like China
An SM-3 Block 1B interceptor missile is launched from the guided-missile cruiser USS Lake Erie during a Missile Defense Agency and US Navy test in the Pacific Ocean.
US Navy photo
- The US Navy used its SM-3 missile interceptor in combat for the first time last month.
- Now, the sea service's top civilian official says the US will need more of them in the future.
- His comments referenced the American "deterrence mission in the Indo-Pacific," a nod toward China.
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