During exercise Stellar Avenger, the Aegis-class destroyer USS Hopper launches a standard missile 3 Blk IA, successfully intercepting a sub-scale short range ballistic missile, launched from the Kauai Test Facility, Pacific Missile Range Facility, Barking Sans, Kauai. This was the 19th successful intercept in 23 at-sea firings, for the Aegis BMD program, including the February 2008 destruction of a malfunctioning satellite above the earth's atmosphere.
| Date Taken: | 07.31.2009 |
| Date Posted: | 07.31.2009 19:29 |
| Photo ID: | 191640 |
| VIRIN: | 090731-O-9999X-004 |
| Resolution: | 3705x2481 |
| Size: | 1.96 MB |
| Location: | USPACOM, AT SEA |
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