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Navy/USMC

Pentagon Scores A Hit In Sea-Based Missile Defense Test

Defense Daily Staff

Friday, May 11th, 2012

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The Pentagon has successfully conducted a sea-based missile defense test with a newly upgraded version of the Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense system and its latest missile interceptor. The Missile Defense Agency along with the Navy carried out the test over the Pacific Ocean early Thursday morning EST. A Raytheon [RTN]-built Standard Missile-3 was launched from the USS Lake Erie (CG-70) Ticonderoga-class cruiser and struck the target missile that took off from the Pacific Missile Range Facility (PMRF) on Kauai, Hawaii.…

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