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Sea-based Missile Defense Test Successful, Pentagon Says

Monday, July 2nd, 2012

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The Pentagon’s Missile Defense Agency has conducted a successful test of the sea-based missile defense system, scoring the second intercept in the last two months with an upgraded Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense system and the latest interceptor. The Missile Defense Agency along with the Navy carried out the test over the Pacific Ocean. The USS Lake Erie (CG-70) Ticonderoga-class cruiser launched the Raytheon [RTN]-built Block 1B version of the Standard Missile-3 in response to the firing of the target from…

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