FTM-25 missile defense flight test [Image 3 of 5]

USS JOHN PAUL JONES, AT SEA

11.06.2014

Photo by Leah Garton 

Missile Defense Agency

A Standard Missile-2 (SM-2) Block IIIA guided missile is launched from the USS John Paul Jones (DDG-53) during a Missile Defense Agency and U.S. Navy test over the Pacific Ocean by the Aegis Baseline (BL) 9.C1 (BMD 5.0 Capability Upgrade) Weapon System configured ship. During the test, a Standard Missile-3 Block IB guided missile successfully intercepted a short-range ballistic missile target, while two low-flying cruise missile targets were engaged by SM-2 Block IIIA guided missiles near-simultaneously. The test, designated Flight Test Standard Missile-25 (FTM-25), was the first live-fire event of the Aegis Weapon System in Integrated Air and Missile Defense (IAMD) Radar Priority Mode, engaging a ballistic missile target and a raid of cruise missile targets.

• Date Taken: 11.06.2014
• Date Posted: 11.07.2014 18:51
• Photo ID: 1648727
• VIRIN: 141106-D-AO981-004
• Resolution: 2385x3578
• Size: 721.46 KB
• Location: USS JOHN PAUL JONES, AT SEA