A Standard Missile Three (SM-3) is launched from the Mark 41 Vertical Launch System (VLS) onboard the US Navy (USN) TICONDEROGA CLASS: GUIDED MISSILE CURISER (Aegis) USS LAKE ERIE (CG 70) at the Pacific Missile Range Facility, Kauai, Hawaii. The US Navy (USN) and The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) announced a successful flight test in the continuing development of the Sea-Based Midcourse (SMD) element of the Ballistic Missile Defense System
Summary
The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Base: PAC Msl Range Facility, Kauai
State: Hawaii (HI)
Country: United States Of America (USA)
Scene Major Command Shown: SM-3 misisle test in Hawaii
Scene Camera Operator: Unknown
Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
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Date
13/06/2002
Location
Source
The U.S. National Archives
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