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Caption:
PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii (Feb. 22, 2008) -- The Ticonderoga class
guided-missile cruiser USS Lake Erie (CG 70) passes the Battleship
Missouri Memorial as she makes her way pier side at Naval Station Pearl
Harbor. Lake Erie fired a modified Standard Missile-3 (SM-3) on Feb.
20, which successfully destroyed a malfunctioning U.S. reconnaissance
satellite approximately 247 kilometers (133 nautical miles) over the
Pacific Ocean traveling in space at more than 17,000 mph. U.S. Navy
photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class James E.
Foehl (RELEASED)
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