text: A target resembling an advanced ballistic missile is seen here being launched from the Pacific Missile Range Facility in Hawaii on 26 October 2018 as part of an intercept flight test involving an SM-3 Block IIA interceptor missile. Japan signed a JPY30 billion (USD286.4 million) contract in December 2020 to receive an unspecified number of SM-3 Block IIA missiles from the United States. (US Missile Defense Agency