Japan to get latest Aegis ballistic missile interceptors from US

Enlarge / An SM-3 interceptor is launched by the guided missile cruiser USS Lake Erie (CG 70) during a ballistic missile intercept test. This was the 27th consecutive kill of a test ICBM by the Aegis system. (credit: US Navy) The US Defense Department’s Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) announced on December 9 that the […]