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PACIFIC OCEAN (Nov. 1, 2008) -- A Standard Missile - 3 (SM-3) is launched from the Pearl Harbor-based guided-missile destroyer USS Paul Hamilton (DDG 60) enroute to an intercept over an open ocean area northwest of Kauai as part of Pacific Blitz 08. The SM-3 successfully collided with a ballistic missile target launched from the Pacific Missile Range Test Facility at Barking Sands, Kauai, Hawaii.  U.S. Navy photo (RELEASED)
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Photo description

Photo Date
 November 1, 2008
Photographer
 U.S. Navy Photographer
Caption Writer
 Brigette Moritz
Copyright Status
 Public domain / free use
Service Branch
 US Navy
Primary Equipment
 DDG 60
Other Visible Equipment
 Not available
Plane Number
 Not available
Base
 Not available
Tail Code
 Not available
Squadron
 Not available