Joint-Japan and US Missile Defense Flight Test [Image 2 of 5]

PACIFIC OCEAN

10.30.2010

Courtesy Photo

U.S. Navy           

An SM-3 (Block 1A) missile is launched from the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force destroyer JS Kirishima (DD 174), 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 (CG 70) and the U.S. Navy Aegis guided-missile destroyer USS Russell (DDG 59) detection and tracking cooperation.

• Date Taken: 10.30.2010
• Date Posted: 10.30.2010 01:01
• Photo ID: 334949
• VIRIN: 101030-O-9999X-002
• Resolution: 2000x3000
• Size: 564 KB
• Location: PACIFIC OCEAN