Missile Defense Technology Moves from Testing to Fielding

USS HOPPER

08.27.2009

Photo by Fred Baker 

Office of the Secretary of Defense Public Affairs           

The destroyer USS Hopper launches a standard missile 3 as it operates in the Pacific Ocean on July 30. The missile successfully intercepted a sub-scale, short-range ballistic missile launched from the Kauai Test Facility at Pacific Missile Range Facility Barking Sands, Kauai, Hawaii. The launch was the latest Missile Defense Agency test in conjunction with the Navy.

• Date Taken: 08.27.2009
• Date Posted: 08.27.2009 20:28
• Photo ID: 199092
• VIRIN: 090827-O-9999B-001
• Resolution: 3403x2269
• Size: 7.65 MB
• Location: USS HOPPER