"SM-3 Block IIA launch from the Aegis Ashore in HawaiiA December 16, 2016, press report states the following: The US is contemplating to deploy Aegis Ballistic Missile Defence System in Guam to protect the island from a Chinese attack. Since ballistic missiles have different ranges, speeds, size and performance characteristics, the Ballistic Missile Defense System is an integrated, "layered" architecture that provides multiple opportunities to destroy missiles and their warheads before they can reach their targets. Image courtesy of MDA and US Navy.Lockheed Martin received a $100m worth, five-year contract from the US Navy to provide combat system engineering services for all Aegis-equipped ships in March 2013.Lockheed Martin and US Navy demonstrated long-range and over-the-horizon engagement capabilities of the Aegis system with Baseline 9 capability during a series of three tests conducted in July 2014.
It is the sea-based element of the US BMDS.These firings also included three successful intercepts in four attempts by the Aegis ships of the Japan Maritime Self Defence Force (JMSDF). The MDA and the US Navy plan to deploy more advanced versions, such as the 5.0, 5.1 and 5.2, in the future.We use them to give you the best experience.
The Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) System, a part of the Aegis Combat System, is the sea-based component of the Ballistic Missile Defense System (BMDS).It uses variants of the Standard Missile-3 (SM-3) to intercept short to intermediate-range ballistic missiles during midcourse. China is fielding the DF-21D ASBM, which threatens U.S. and allied surface warships in the Western Pacific. The Aegis BMD successfully destroyed a non-working satellite during Operation Burnt Frost in February 2008.The Aegis BMD uses the Standard Missile-3 mid-course interceptors and the Standard Missile-2 Block IV (SM-2 Block IV) terminal-phase interceptors developed by Raytheon.The Aegis BMD configured ships can detect and track ballistic missiles of all ranges and transfer target detection information to the ground-based midcourse defence interceptors in Alaska and California.Phase three will involve the development of SM-3 Block IIA by 2018, for the deployment from Aegis Ashore sites in Romania and Poland, and Aegis BMD ships.
At approximately 7:35 p.m. Hawaii Standard Time, May 20 (1:35 a.m. EDT, May 21), the Aegis Weapon System fired a Standard Missile (SM)-3 Block IB guided missile from the Vertical Launch System. Phase four will deliver SM-3 Block IIB missiles by 2020 to defend IRBMs and ICBMs.The European phased adaptive approach (PAA) for missile defence in Europe was announced by the Obama administration in September 2009.