On Feb 14, 2008 7:06 PM, Tyler Harpster <tyler881 at comcast.net> wrote: > So is the SM-3 going to smack it, blow up just below it, or smack it and > then blow up? Smack it, I guess. This is a kinetic energy weapon test... The Standard Missile-3 is an exo-atmospheric "hit-to-kill" system. Dave n0tgd