Japan Aegis BMD JFTM-1 (日本 ナレーション)

(Japanese Narration) The first successful intercept of a medium range ballistic missiles (MRBM) by an allied Navy ship. The JS Kongo (DDG-173) successfully detected, tracked and engaged the "separating" target launched from the Pacific Missile Range Facility (PMRF) with the Aegis BMD weapon system, firing the Standard Missile-3 (SM-3) Blk IA missile for a successful intercepts outside the earth's atmosphere. JFTM-1 was the first time that a Japanese ship was designated to launch the interceptor missile, a major milestone in the growing cooperation
between Japan and the U.S. Previous participation had been limited to tracking and communications exercises.

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Science & Technology

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• ddg
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• kiji
• stellar
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• korea
• sm-3
• mrbm
• military
• threat

[esiosan]

That was very cool! Great to see Japan and the US working together :)

[MaddLagger]

lol gone in a day.....lol

[amntk3]

I think this Narrator　isn't japanese

[jayzee1980]

Hai - perfectly cutting. nice work

[EAC1111]

Thats awesome!