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Caption:
PACIFIC OCEAN (June 5, 2008) -- A modified Standard Missile 2 (SM-2)
Block IV interceptor is launched Thursday, June 5, 2008 from the
guided-missile cruiser USS Lake Erie (CG 70) during a Missile Defense
Agency test to intercept a short-range ballistic missile target. The
missiles intercepted the target approximately 12 miles above the
Pacific Ocean 100 miles west of Kauai, Hawaii on the Pacific Missile
Range Facility. This was the second successful intercept in two
attempts of the sea-based terminal capability and the fourteenth
overall successful test of the Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense Program.
U.S. Navy photo by the Missile Defense Agency (RELEASED)
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