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| Keywords: Lakeerie-sm3.jpg At sea aboard USS Lake Erie Jan 25 2002 ” A Standard Missile SM-3 leaves the vertical launch system VLS of the cruiser USS Lake Erie CG 70 during a combined Missile Defense Agency and U S Navy flight test The test conducted in the continuing development of a Sea-Based Midcourse SMD Ballistic Missile Defense System BMDS involved the launch of a developmental Standard Missile SM-3 equipped with a kinetic warhead KW interceptor controlled from the Aegis cruiser and an Aries target missile launched from the Pacific Missile Range Facility PMRF on the island of Kauai Hawaii The SM-3 acquired tracked and diverted toward the target successfully demonstrating the SM-3 fourth-stage Kinetic Warhead KW guidance navigation and control Jan 25 2002 Jan 25 2002 U S Navy photo 020125-N-0000X-001 http //www chinfo navy mil/navpalib/ships/cruisers/lakeerie/lakeerie-sm3 jpg PD-USN Launches of RIM-161 Standard SM-3 Aboard USS Lake Erie CG-70 Missile launches by night | ||||
