; (B) Pacific Dragon 2018, which successfully demonstrated joint ballistic missile defense interoperability with Japan and Korea to engage a short-range ballistic missile with a Standard Missile 3 (SM–3) Block IB by a Japanese ship and an Aegis Ashore site; (C) JFTM–5, which successfully demonstrated the intercept of a short-range ballistic missile with a Standard Missile 3 Block IB threat upgrade from a Japanese ship; (D) FTM–45, which successfully demonstrated the intercept of a medium-range ballistic missile with a Standard Missile 3 Block IIA from a United States ship; and (E) FTI–03, which as a part of the operational test of the European Phased Adaptive Approach (EPAA) Phase 3 architecture, successfully demonstrated the intercept of an intermediate-range ballistic missile using the Aegis Weapon System’s Engage-on-Remote capability; (2) be especially recognized for the success of FTG–11, the first salvo test of the United States Ground-based Midcourse Defense system, during which two ground-based interceptors were launched nearly simultaneously from the same location and successfully intercepted a threat-representative intercontinental ballistic missile target, and then the next most lethal object; (3) continue to pursue an increasingly rigorous testing regime for all elements of the Ballistic Missile Defense System, in coordination with the Office of the Director, Operational Test and Evaluation, to more rapidly deliver capabilities to the warfighter as the threat evolves; (4) not consider tests which do not achieve an intercept or the main objective as failures