The U.S. Missile Defense Agency successfully intercepted an air-launched intermediate range ballistic missile target during a test off Guam for the first time, a significant milestone in the island's defense capabilities,

The United States’s Missile Defense Agency successfully conducted a live intercept test of a ballistic missile in Guam earlier this week for the first time. Rear Adm. Greg Huffman, the commander of Joint Task Force-Micronesia,

In a first from Guam, the Missile Defense Agency intercepted a medium-range ballistic missile target off the coast using a Standard Missile-3 Block IIA.