The Pentagon’s sea-based ballistic missile defense system known as Aegis successfully took out a short range ballistic missile and two low flying cruise missiles during a test on Thursday conducted simultaneously over the Pacific Ocean, making it the first occasion that Aegis has taken out a ballistic threat and air-theater threat at the same time. The Missile Defense Agency carried out the test with U.S. Pacific Command and the Navy on board the USS John Paul Jones (DDG-53), an Arleigh…
