The US Navy wants a lot more of a missile that just recently scored its first kill to counter Pacific threats like China

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An SM-3 Block 1B interceptor missile is launched from the guided-missile cruiser USS Lake Erie during a Missile Defense Agency and US Navy test in the Pacific Ocean.
An SM-3 Block 1B interceptor missile is launched from the guided-missile cruiser USS Lake Erie during a Missile Defense Agency and US Navy test in the Pacific Ocean.

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Spain to send Patriot missiles to Ukraine amid mounting pressure from EU and NATO allies, report says

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The Army test fires a Patriot missile.
The US Army test fires a Patriot missile.

US Army Security Assistance Command

Israel hit Iran with a half-ton supersonic 'Rampage' missile, report says

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An Israeli F-16 fighter jet fires a 'Rampage' air-to-ground rocket in an undated photograph.
An illustrative image of an Israeli fighter jet firing a "Rampage" air-to-ground missile.

Israeli Military Industries Systems and Israel Aerospace Industries

US and Israeli weapons able to kill missiles in outer space were used to stop an Iranian attack. Those intercepts are tough shots.

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An Arrow-3 interceptor is launched at a test site in central Israel on Jan. 18, 2022.
An Arrow-3 interceptor is launched at a test site in central Israel on Jan. 18, 2022.

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The US Navy has fired off nearly $1 billion in weapons fighting threats from Iran and the Houthis

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A missile launches from a US Navy warship in the Red Sea in February.
A missile launches from a US Navy warship in the Red Sea in February.

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US Navy warships shot down Iranian missiles with a weapon they've never used in combat before

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The guided missile destroyer USS Fitzgerald launches a Standard Missile-3 during a joint ballistic missile defense exercise in the Pacific Ocean Oct. 25, 2012.
The guided missile destroyer USS Fitzgerald launches a Standard Missile-3 during a joint ballistic missile defense exercise in the Pacific Ocean Oct. 25, 2012.

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The US Army's ability to maneuver rapidly on the battlefield may be over

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U.S. Army Soldiers from 25th Infantry Division repel from a UH-60 Black Hawk on March 7, 2024.
U.S. Army Soldiers from 25th Infantry Division repel from a UH-60 Black Hawk on March 7, 2024.

Spc. Mariah Aguilar/US Army

Russia's firing new, long-range Kh-69 cruise missiles, war experts say, piling on the misery for Ukraine's dwindling air defense

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Russian Kh-69 air-launched cruise missile and RVV-BD and RVV-MD2 air-to-air hypersonic long-range guided missiles are pictured during the 2023 Dubai Airshow at Dubai World Central Al-Maktoum International Airport in Dubai on November 13, 2023.
Russia Kh-69 cruise missile pictured at the 2023 Dubai Airshow

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Ukraine's Patriot kills of Russian planes and missiles have turned a US air-defense weapon with a troubled past into a hero

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German soldiers prepare a Patriot missile launching system on snowy ground and against a grey sky
Members of the German Bundeswehr prepare a Patriot missile launching system in December 2012.

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Super Hornet fighter jets on the deck of a US Navy aircraft carrier in the Red Sea are sporting Houthi drone kill marks

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An F/A-18E Super Hornet, attached to the
An F/A-18E Super Hornet, attached to the "Wildcats" of Strike Fighter Squadron 131, prepares for flight operations aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower in the Red Sea, March 12.

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