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Caption:
PACIFIC OCEAN (July 30, 2009) -- During exercise Stellar Avenger, the
Aegis-class destroyer USS Hopper (DDG 70) launches a standard missile
(SM) 3 Blk IA, successfully intercepting a sub-scale short range
ballistic missile, launched from the Kauai Test Facility, Pacific
Missile Range Facility (PMRF), Barking Sans, Kauai. This was the 19th
successful intercept in 23 at-sea firings, for the Aegis BMD program,
including the February 2008 destruction of a malfunctioning satellite
above the earth's atmosphere. U.S. Navy
photo (RELEASED)
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