Officials in Moscow had hinted that they would not consider further nuclear arms cuts if the SM-3 interceptors were deployed.
The SM-3 interceptors now planned have a shorter range and fly less quickly than the rockets proposed by the Bush administration.
The SM-3 missiles are part of the Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense system.
Raytheon's SM-3 has successfully intercepted five of six missiles in tests, and Lockheed Martin's PAC-3 has succeeded in 17 out of 19 tries.
That proposed phase includes development of the SM-3II B interceptor, an advanced version of the missile currently provided aboard our Aegis missile defense warships.
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Washington and Tokyo are working on a joint missile-defense shield, and South Korea is considering the purchase of American SM-2 defensive missiles for its destroyers.
Japan has also ordered 16 Lockheed Martin ground-based Patriot Advance Capability-3 missiles to protect critical targets and get a second shot at incoming missiles if the SM-3s miss.
No less noteworthy is the fact that the SM-3 utilized to shoot down the target was one of the first of the production rounds to come off the manufacturing line.
For the fifth time out of six attempts, Navy ships successfully tracked, intercepted and destroyed a ballistic missile in-fight, using their existing AEGIS fleet air defense systems and a new Standard Missile, dubbed the SM-3.
Cartwright did not say how much the new plan would cost compared with the old one, but pointed out that Patriot and SM-3 missiles were significantly cheaper than the interceptors the Bush proposal relied on.
One result was that Raytheon was able to develop a new version of the Standard Missile used by the Navy for air defense engagements designated the SM-3 that was designed specifically to intercept ballistic targets.
President Obama confirmed the commitment of the United States to implement the Phased Adaptive Approach to European missile defense, including basing land-based SM-3 interceptors in Poland as part of this program in the 2018 timeframe, and expressed his gratitude for the commitment by the government of Poland to host this system.
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For stock-pickers seeking smaller U.S. energy companies, Mr. Chandra likes Denver-based SM Energy and Houston-based Oasis Petroleum.
This would bring to six the number of Aegis platforms in Japan's inventory, giving it a considerable infrastructure to provide for an early and potentially highly effective anti-missile defense of the Home Islands by equipping these ships with both the lower-tier Standard Missile (SM) 2 Block IVA missile and upper-tier SM3 Block II missile as they become available.
The family's SM Development is currently building four 38-story residential towers, called Mezza Residences, across from its SM Centerpoint mall, and claims to have sold out two towers, to be completed in 2009.
One person who has done very well lately is Henry Sy, ranked No. 1, whose sm Investments is up one-third since June.
Along with this, the chief SM spokespeople must be hand-picked and well-trained.
The best children's programme award also went to an ITV show - Blaze Television's SM: tv.
"Our family was born to be working in the business, our father gave us no choice, " chuckles Sy-Coson (known as Tessie to her friends), who first worked part-time as a cashier in an sm store while a college student.
When she gestured with her hands, she flashed gold and diamond rings with the SM design, part of her Celestial Jewelry collection--available by catalog as well. (Also for sale: Celestial purses, hats, gold dinnerware, chopsticks, inspirational videos, floor lamps.) A petite woman with long, dark brown hair that cascades past her shoulders, the Supreme Master is passionate, earthy (she says she needs a husband) and more fun than the average saint.
According to the ETF Finder at ETF Channel, SM makes up 3.09% of the First Trust ISE-Revere Natural Gas Index Fund ETF ( AMEX: FCG) which is trading relatively unchanged on the day Monday.
According to the ETF Finder at ETF Channel, SM makes up 3.58% of the First Trust ISE-Revere Natural Gas Index Fund ETF ( AMEX: FCG) which is trading lower by about 1.7% on the day Friday.
According to the ETF Finder at ETF Channel, SM makes up 3.51% of the First Trust ISE-Revere Natural Gas Index Fund ETF ( AMEX: FCG) which is trading up by about 1.3% on the day Friday.
But one novel strategy has been adopted by rival SM Entertainment, which is trying to make inroads into the Chinese market with Exo -- a boy band that performs their songs in Mandarin as well as Korean.
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