WASHINGTON, Oct. 21 (UPI) -- The Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer USS Ross successfully intercepted a ballistic missile during a defense exercise in the North Atlantic Ocean.
The coalition exercise marked the first time a Standard Missile-3 was fired outside of a U.S. range, and also the first time a ballistic missile was intercepted in the European theater. The At Sea Demonstration, known as ASD-15, was organized by the Maritime Theater Missile Defense Forum, which serves as a cooperative body for navies to develop and improve sea-based missile defense strategies.