SM-3 Block IB missile intercept test [Image 2 of 7]

USS LAKE ERIE, AT SEA

05.16.2013

Courtesy Photo

U.S. Navy           

A Standard Missile-3 (SM-3) Block 1B interceptor missile is launched from the guided-missile cruiser USS Lake Erie (CG 70) during a Missile Defense Agency and U.S. Navy test in the mid-Pacific. The SM-3 Block 1B successfully intercepted a target missile that had been launched from the Pacific Missile Range Facility at Barking Sands in Kauai, Hawaii. Lake Erie detected and tracked the target with its on board AN/SPY-1 radar. The event was the third consecutive successful intercept test of the SM-3 Block IB missile. (U.S. Navy photo/Released)

• Date Taken: 05.16.2013
• Date Posted: 05.17.2013 23:03
• Photo ID: 934661
• VIRIN: 130516-D-ZZ999-002
• Resolution: 3264x4896
• Size: 8 MB
• Location: USS LAKE ERIE, AT SEA