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Caption:
SAN DIEGO (July 2, 2007) -- The Sailors of guided-missile destroyer USS
Decatur (DDG 73) safely navigate the ship under the Coronado Bay Bridge
as the ship returns to San Diego after a successful missile shot off
the coast of Hawaii. June 22nd, the Arleigh Burke-class destroyer
launched an SM-3 that intercepted a separating ballistic missile threat
target launched from the Pacific Missile Range Facility, Barking Sands,
Kauai, Hawaii. It was the first time such a test was conducted from a
Navy destroyer equipped with ballistic missile defense capabilities.
U.S. Navy photo by Cmdr. Jane Campbell (RELEASED)
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