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Caption:
Guided missile cruiser USS Lake Erie (CG 70), during a joint Missile
Defense Agency, U.S. Navy ballistic missile flight test. Approximately
three minutes later, the SM-3 intercepted a unitary (non-separating)
ballistic missile threat target, launched from the Pacific Missile
Range Facility, Barking Sands, Kauai, Hawaii. Within moments of this
launch, the USS Lake Erie also launched a Standard Missile-2 (SM-2)
against a hostile air target in order to defend herself. The test was
the eighth intercept, in 10 program flight tests. The test was designed
to show the capability of the ship and its crew to conduct ballistic
missile defense and at the same time defend herself. This test also
marks the 27th successful hit-to-kill intercept in tests since 2001.
U.S. Navy photo (RELEASED)
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Photo description
Photo
Date
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April 27, 2007 |
Photographer
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Not
available |
Caption
Writer
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LT Chris Bishop, Deputy Director, NVNS |
Copyright
Status
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Public
domain / free use |
Service Branch
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US
Navy |
Primary
Equipment
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CG 70 |
Other
Visible Equipment
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SM-3 Standard Missile, MK-41 VLS |
Plane
Number
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Not
available |
Base
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Not
available |
Tail
Code
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Not
available |
Squadron
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Not
available |
Comments/Notes
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Night launch, large fire ball, missile half way out of launch tube |
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