A US Navy Standard Missile 3 interceptor is launched from guided-missile cruiser USS Lake Erie during a Missile Defense Agency and Navy test May 15, 2013 in the Pacific Ocean. The SM-3 Block 1B successfully intercepted a target missile that had been launched from the Pacific Missile Range Facility, Barking Sands, Kauai, Hawaii.

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A US Navy Standard Missile 3 interceptor is launched from guided-missile cruiser USS Lake Erie during a Missile Defense Agency and Navy test May 15, 2013 in the Pacific Ocean. The SM-3 Block 1B successfully intercepted a target missile that had been launched from the Pacific Missile Range Facility, Barking Sands, Kauai, Hawaii.

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Location: Pacific Ocean
Photo credit: © US Navy Photo / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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