051117-O-0000X-002. [Complete] Scene Caption: A medium-range separating target missile is seen seconds after lift-off from the Pacific Missile Range Facility (PMRF), Barking Sands, Kauai, Hawaii (HI). Six minutes later, the target was intercepted by a developmental Standard Missile Three (SM-3) launched from the Pearl Harbor based Ticonderoga Class Guided Missile Cruiser USS LAKE ERIE (CG 70) [not shown]. The test was the sixth intercept, in seven flight tests, by the AEGIS (Airborne Early-Warning Ground-Environmental Integration Segment) Ballistic Missile Defense, the maritime component of th
051117-O-0000X-002. [Complete] Scene Caption: A medium-range separating target missile is seen seconds after lift-off from the Pacific Missile Range Facility (PMRF), Barking Sands, Kauai, Hawaii (HI). Six minutes later, the target was intercepted by a developmental Standard Missile Three (SM-3) launched from the Pearl Harbor based Ticonderoga Class Guided Missile Cruiser USS LAKE ERIE (CG 70) [not shown]. The test was the sixth intercept, in seven flight tests, by the AEGIS (Airborne Early-Warning Ground-Environmental Integration Segment) Ballistic Missile Defense, the maritime component of the "Hit to Kill" Ballistic Missile Defense System, being developed by the Missile Defense Agency. All previous Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense flight tests were against unitary (non-separating) targets. State: Hawaii (HI) Country: United States Of America (USA)
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