As part of the plan, Poland has agreed to host the U.S.Navy's Standard Missile-3 anti-ballistic-missile system.

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"Standard Missile-3" interceptors will be placed on Polish soil, along with other interceptor missiles deployed on U.S.Navy ships in the Mediterranean and the North Sea.

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The facility will be primarily used to build the Standard Missile-3, which is used to defend against ballistic missiles.

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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.

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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.

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