The comparison places Aster alongside SM-6 for air defence and Aquila alongside SM-3 for hypersonic and exo-atmospheric interception. An earlier Aster 45 discussion is described as leading into Aquila. The comparison is explicitly broad and does not establish identical performance between the European and American systems.
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Aster and Aquila compared broadly with SM-6 and SM-3
Aster and Aquila are placed in different interception roles, using SM-6 and SM-3 as an explicitly approximate American comparison.