Keywords: US Navy 071106-N-0000X-001 A Standard Missile-3 (SM-3) is launched from Pearl Harbor-based guided-missile cruiser USS Lake Erie (CG 70) to intercept a threat representative target as part of a Missile Defense Agency test of the.jpg en PACIFIC OCEAN Nov 6 2007 - A Standard Missile-3 SM-3 is launched from Pearl Harbor-based guided-missile cruiser USS Lake Erie CG 70 to intercept a threat representative target as part of a Missile Defense Agency test of the sea-based capability under development This was part of a multiple simultaneous engagement involving two ballistic missile targets that were intercepted about 250 miles from Kauai and approximately 100 miles above the Pacific Ocean The SM-3 was one of two interceptors launched from the ship that collided with two ballistic missile targets launched from the Pacific Missile Range Test Facility in Kauai Hawaii within minutes of one another U S Navy photo RELEASED Nov 6 2007 071106-N-0000X-001 Navy http //www navy mil/view_image asp id 52504 U S Navy photo PD-USGov-Military-Navy Aboard USS Lake Erie CG-70 RIM-161 Standard SM-3 Missile launches by night |