![]() Integration could be a challenge because the GMD system’s fire control and engagement planning “doesn’t take into account any other interceptor systems” and would have to be “optimized” to work with those. But there are other hurdles in constructing an effective layered homeland missile defense architecture as well, the GAO noted. Therefore, the GAO is calling for more development work to support homeland defense capabilities.Īccording to documents reviewed by the GAO, MDA plans to develop and procure an upgraded version of the SM-3 Block IIA specifically for the homeland missile defense layer. ![]() The November 2020 flight test of the SM-3 Block IIA struck a simple ICBM target and it was “executed under highly favorable conditions,” the GAO reported. Among those challenges, according to the office, is the SM-3 Block IIA hasn’t had an operational test against an ICBM. The Pentagon has continued to work toward giving the SM-3 Block IIA missile the capability to counter ICBMs even following the RKV cancellation, but “achieving such a capability will require surmounting several challenges,” the GAO stated. ![]() The GAO noted that parts of the SM-3 Block IIA were reused for the Redesigned Kill Vehicle program and some of those were “implicated in some of the RKV’s performance shortfalls.”
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