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In a test, Standard Missile-3 destroys its first intercontinental ballistic missile target

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Video: Missile Defense Agency

The USS Zumwalt (DDG 1000) successfully conducted its first live-fire missile test with a Standard Missile-2 on the Naval Air Weapons Center Weapons Division Sea Test Range, near Point Mugu, California, on Oct. 13, 2020. (Photo: U.S. Navy)

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