Joint-Japan and US Missile Defense Flight Test [Image 3 of 4]

PACIFIC OCEAN

10.29.2010

Courtesy Photo

U.S. Navy           

An SM-3 missile is launched from the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force destroyer JS Kirishima, successfully intercepting a ballistic missile target launched from the Pacific Missile Range Facility at Barking Sands, Kauai, Hawaii. The test was conducted as a Japan and U.S. joint exercise, with the U.S. Navy Aegis guided-missile cruiser USS Lake Erie and the U.S. Navy Aegis guided-missile destroyer USS Russell detection and tracking cooperation.

• Date Taken: 10.29.2010
• Date Posted: 10.29.2010 10:22
• Photo ID: 334771
• VIRIN: 101029-O-9999X-003
• Resolution: 2001x3000
• Size: 905.44 KB
• Location: PACIFIC OCEAN