Keywords: US Navy 050224-N-0000X-003 A Standard Missile-3 (SM-3) leaves the guided missile cruiser USS Lake Erie (CG 70) enroute to intercept a short-range ballistic missile target.jpg en Pacific Ocean Feb 24 2005 A Standard Missile-3 SM-3 leaves the guided missile cruiser USS Lake Erie CG 70 enroute to intercept a short-range ballistic missile target launched minutes earlier from the Pacific Missile Range Facility Barking Sands Kauai Hawaii The intercept which occurred some 100 miles from the island of Kauai was the latest Missile Defense Agency test of its sea-based midcourse program The program in cooperation with the U S Navy has had five intercepts in the last six attempts U S Navy photo RELEASED 2005-02-24 050224-N-0000X-003 Navy http //www navy mil/view_image asp id 22197 U S Navy photo PD-USGov-Military-Navy Aboard USS Lake Erie CG-70 RIM-161 Standard SM-3 |