Japan has requested the purchase of up to 150 SM-6 anti-aircraft and anti-ballistic missiles from the American government and ...

The cruiser Lake Erie fires an SM-3 Block 1B in 2013. (U.S. Navy) Raytheon is investing in its Standard Missile 3 lines to accelerate the production rate of the U.S. Navy weapon, as global ...

The US State Department has approved a potential $900m (Y139.05bn) foreign military sale to Japan, encompassing up to 150 ...

Learn about the $900 million SM-6 Block I Missile FMS request made by Japan and the State Department's approval of it.

President Trump on Monday night signed an executive order to create a next-generation missile defense shield, which the White ...

The Ground-Based Midcourse Defence (GMD) system, widely regarded as the backbone of US missile defence, is designed to ...

While Japan is in the process of massively up-gunning itself with other U.S. weapons, the SM-6 represents a specific strategic capability against ...

Equipped with Tomahawk cruise missiles, the system can target areas as far as China and Russia. Additionally, its SM-3 ...

The U.S. Navy's premier hypersonic missile program, SM-6 Block IB, based on the SM-6 Block IA, has a new look, seen for the first time at SNA 2025.