The Pentagon’s Missile Defense Agency (MDA) and Navy have successfully carried out a test of the sea-based Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense system, intercepting a target over the Pacific Ocean this week. The Aegis-equipped USS Lake Erie (CG-70), a Ticonderoga-class cruiser, detected, tracked and engaged a target missile launched from the Pacific Missile Range Facility on Kauai, Hawaii late Wednesday night. A Standard Missile 3 (SM-3) block 1B missile took off from the cruiser’s deck, acquired the target re-entry vehicle and…
