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SC-19 / DN-series ASAT
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SC-19 / DN-series ASAT

China's SC-19 is a ground-launched, hit-to-kill anti-satellite weapon associated with the wider DN-series of exo-atmospheric interceptors and the destructive 2007 Fengyun-1C test.

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ChinaPro

HQ-19

China's road-mobile exo-atmospheric interceptor, designed to defeat medium-range ballistic missiles through direct impact and provide an upper tier for the country's layered missile defenses.

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USAPro

SM-3

The SM-3 is the US Navy's exoatmospheric hit-to-kill interceptor — the only Standard Missile built to destroy ballistic missiles in space. It made the first combat exoatmospheric intercepts in history defending Israel in April 2024, and its magazine is now the center of the US interceptor crisis.

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IsraelPro

Arrow-3

Israel's exoatmospheric hit-to-kill ballistic missile interceptor, jointly developed with the U.S., combat-proven against Houthi and Iranian missiles, and now fielded by Germany as the first European upper-tier system.