An SM-3 Block 1B interceptor is launched from the USS Lake Erie during an MDA test and successfully intercepted a complex short-range ballistic missile target off of the coast of Kauai, Hawaii, Sept. 18, 2013. Missile Defense Agency-FMT-21 Flight Test 130918-A-MD123-001

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