A US Navy Aegis SM-3 Block 1B interceptor missile is launched from the USS Lake Erie during a Missile Defense Agency test September 18, 2013 off of the coast of Kauai, Hawaii. The missile successfully intercepted the dummy ballistic missile fired from the Pacific Missile Range Facility on the island of Kauai.

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A US Navy Aegis SM-3 Block 1B interceptor missile is launched from the USS Lake Erie during a Missile Defense Agency test September 18, 2013 off of the coast of Kauai, Hawaii. The missile successfully intercepted the dummy ballistic missile fired from the Pacific Missile Range Facility on the island of Kauai.

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Size: 3264px × 4896px
Location: off the coast of Kauai, Hawaii, USA
Photo credit: © DOD Photo / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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