Sailors aboard the USS John Finn successfully detected, tracked and targeted the rocket with an SM-3 Block IIA missile during a test off the west coast of Hawaii, the Missile Defence Agency (MDA) said in a statement.
The successful operation comes after two failed intercept tests, in June 2017 and January 2018.
A test firing in February 2017 had been successful.
"This was a superb accomplishment and key milestone for the SM-3 Block IIA return to flight," MDA Director Lieutenant General Sam Greaves said.
The MDA in January said America had so far spent about US$2.2 billion on the system and Japan about US$1 billion. The MDA could not immediately confirm if those numbers had grown.
The SM-3 Block IIA missile is part of the AEGIS Ballistic Missile Defense system and is made by arms giant Raytheon.
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