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Raytheon Delivers First Standard Missile-3 from New Alabama Missile Integration Facility
2013-06-18 06:00:00| Industrial Newsroom - All News for Today
SM-3s protect US and allies from ballistic missile attack<br /> <br /> HUNTSVILLE, Ala. - Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN) delivered the first Standard Missile-3 to the U.S. Navy from its new integration and testing facility in Huntsville, Ala., on May 23. The SM-3 missile is designed to destroy incoming short-, medium-, and intermediate-range ballistic missile threats by colliding with them in space, a concept sometimes described as "hitting a bullet with a bullet."<br /> <br /> "SM-3 is a ...This story is related to the following:Missiles
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