070426-N-2143T-003 PACIFIC OCEAN (April 26, 2007) - USS Lake Erie launches a Standard Missile -2 (SM-2) against a hostile air target during a joint Missile Defense Agency, Navy ballistic missile flight test. The test was the eighth intercept, in 10 program flight tests, by the Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense, the maritime component of the "Hit-to-Kill" Ballistic Missile Defense System, being developed by the Missile Defense Agency. The test was designed to show the capability of the ship and its crew to conduct ballistic missile defense and at the same time defend herself. This test also
070426-N-2143T-003 PACIFIC OCEAN (April 26, 2007) - USS Lake Erie launches a Standard Missile -2 (SM-2) against a hostile air target during a joint Missile Defense Agency, Navy ballistic missile flight test. The test was the eighth intercept, in 10 program flight tests, by the Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense, the maritime component of the "Hit-to-Kill" Ballistic Missile Defense System, being developed by the Missile Defense Agency. The test was designed to show the capability of the ship and its crew to conduct ballistic missile defense and at the same time defend herself. This test also marks the 27th successful hit-to-kill intercept in tests since 2001. Navy photo (RELEASED) Standard Missile - ID 070426-N-2143T-003
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