NICE SHOOTING: A US Navy destroyer just shot down an intercontinental ballistic missile target for the first time. “The SM-3 Block IIA is an interceptor developed by Raytheon Missiles & Defense in partnership with Japan’s Mitsubishi Heavy Industries. Tuesday’s intercept test was the sixth time the ship-launched interceptor had been tested against a simulated missile threat. Though the interceptor was originally built to take down intermediate-range ballistic missiles, the US military has now demonstrated a new capability.”