US Navy warships defending Israel from Iran's missile attack on Tuesday fired SM-3 interceptors.
The SM-3 scored its first-ever kill while defending Israel in April from an Iranian bombardment.
AdvertisementThe US Navy warships that engaged a massive barrage of Iranian ballistic missiles in defense of Israel on Tuesday fired SM-3 interceptors, a weapon that scored its first-ever kill earlier this year.
Two destroyers operating in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea fired around a dozen interceptors at the Iranian missiles, a number of which were shot down.
A Navy official confirmed to Business Insider on Thursday that the destroyers fired the Standard Missile 3, or SM-3, during the battle.
Persons:
—, Navy Carlos Del Toro, Hassan Nasrallah, Ismail Haniyeh, Bill Urban, USS Cole, USS Bulkeley
Organizations:
Service, US Navy, Tuesday, Navy, Business, Combat, USNI, US, White House, US Naval Forces
Locations:
Israel, Iran, China, Tehran, US Naval Forces Europe, Africa