The Pentagon has conducted a successful test of the sea-based Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense system by firing two Standard Missile (SM) interceptors to take out a complex, separating short-range ballistic missile target, the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) said. The flight took place in the evening Washington time on Sept. 18 over the Pacific Ocean with the launching of the target from the Pacific Missile Range Facility on Kauai, Hawaii. Sailors aboard the USS Lake Erie (CG-70,), a Ticonderoga-class cruiser, tracked the target using the AN/SPY-1…
Pentagon Succeeds At Sea-Based Missile Defense Test
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