John Finn.

This is coolbert:

From just less than a week ago:

"US successfully intercepts ICBM with ship-launched missile in historic test"

"The U.S. now has another defense system defending against North Korean ICBM’s". 

"In a first-of-its-kind test, the United States has successfully used a small ship-fired missile to intercept a target Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM), according to the Missile Defense Agency. The successful test shows the U.S. military now has another missile defense system capable of defending against North Korean ICBM’s aimed at the United States." 

An animation of the intercept. SM-3 IIA missile still in the developmental stage. Ballistic missile as the target fired toward the mainland USA. Ballistic missile intercepted on a down-ward trajectory? Normally these anti-ballistic missile systems ship-carried attempt to intercept during the boost phase rather than the terminal phase of flight.

Read additionally an appraisal by our good friend Commander Salamander:

"Bit by Bit, an ABM Capability Grows"

THE FIRST THOUGHT I HAD WAS THIS WAS A SIGNAL THINLY-VEILED TO THE CHINESE THAT THE MUCH TOUTED CHINESE ANTI-SHIP BALLISTIC-MISSILE NOW HAS A COUNTER.

coolbert.