U.S. Navy getting better at shooting down incoming missiles

The U.S. Navy has been doing live-fire testing to see how well it can shoot down incoming ballistic missiles.

And while they don't say explicitly they’re preparing for the kind that would be fired by North Korea, the story at NationalInterest.org points out this is just the kind of capability the U.S. would need if Kim Jong Un decides to launch missiles against South Korea or Japan.

There were 3 key takeaways from the testing.

They confirmed they can hit an incoming missile with two simultaneous rounds of the Navy's SM-6 missile, which increases the chance of destroying it.

They showed they can hit the missile at a low altitude as it's making its final descent toward its target.

And they're getting better at firing the defense missiles in rapid succession, in case Kim launches a barrage of missiles.

You can read more about the story here.