The RIM-161 Standard Missile 3 (SM-3) is a ship-based missile system used by the US Navy to intercept short-to intermediate-range ballistic missiles as a part of Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense System. Although primarily designed as an anti-ballistic missile the SM-3 has also been employed in an anti-satellite capacity against a satellite at the lower end of low Earth orbit.
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