170829-O-WE597-723 KAUAI, Hawaii (Aug. 29, 2017) A medium-range ballistic missile target is launched from the Pacific Missile Range Facility in Kauai, Hawaii, during Flight Test Standard Missile-27, Event 2. The target was successfully intercepted by SM-6 missiles fired from the guided-missile destroyer USS John Paul Jones (DDG 53). ( Navy photo by Latonja Martin/Released) USS John Paul Jones conducts successful missile defense tests by #PACOM

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