SFTM-01 Flight Test The U.S. Missile Defense Agency, the Japanese Defense Ministry of Defense and U.S. Navy sailors aboard the guided missile destroyer USS John Paul Jones conduct a successful flight test off the west coast of Hawaii, resulting in the first intercept of a ballistic missile target using the Standard Missile-3 Block IIA, Feb. 3, 2017. DoD photo by Leah Garton SHARE IMAGE: Download Image: Full Size (0.81 MB) Tags: Missile Defense, SM-3 Block IIA, aegis, Japan, Navy Photo By: Leah Garton VIRIN: 170203-D-EW716-0003.JPG Photo Gallery