The US anti-missile missiles
On 29 August it was reported that a medium-range ballistic missile target was launched from the Pacific Missile Range Facility in Kauai, Hawaii, during Flight Test Standard Missile-27, Event 2. The target was successfully intercepted by SM-6 missiles fired from the guided missile destroyer USS John Paul Jones (DDG 53).
Historical note: USS John Paul Jones is the fifth US warship to bear this name and honours the Father of the American Navy. Born in Scotland, Commodore John Paul Jones earned the undying respect and admiration of his countrymen by his extraordinary courage, tactical genius and audacity during the American War for Independence. John Paul Jones is best remembered for his heroic defeat of the British 50-gun frigate Serapis on 23 September 1779.