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Standard Missile-3

HMAS Sydney fires Royal Australian Navy’s first Standard Missile 6 (SM-6) during Exercise Pacific Dragon 2024. Photo by Leading Seaman Daniel Goodman.
News Royal Australian Navy 

Australia buys $7billion of Standard Missiles

22/10/2024 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2144 Views 2 Comments Standard Missile 6, Standard Missile-3

The government today announced a $7billion agreement with the United States to acquire Standard Missile 2 Block IIIC (SM-2 IIIC)

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Photo courtesy of Missile Defense Agency. (PRNewsFoto/Raytheon Company)
News Overseas Science & Technology 

Raytheon tests SM-3 rocket upgrade

27/05/2016 Posted by Brian Hartigan 6361 Views 0 Comments Raytheon, SM-3 Block IB, SM-3 Block IIA, Standard Missile-3

Raytheon and the US Missile Defense Agency completed a successful flight test of an improved Standard Missile-3 (SM-3) Block IB

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