Oct. 23 (UPI) -- During a NATO-led international ballistic missile defense exercise last week a Raytheon-built Standard Missile-3 intercepted a medium-range missile target off the coast of Scotland, the defense contracting company announced.
Formidable Shield 17 is an integrated air and missile defense exercise that simulates real life threat scenarios. Ships from Canada, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Spain, Britain and the United States participated in the exercise, which ran from Sept. 24 to Oct. 17.