FTM-31 E1a [Image 4 of 4]

UNITED STATES

03.30.2023

Photo by Mark Wright 

Missile Defense Agency

A Standard Missile-6 (SM-6) Dual II with Software Upgrade (SWUP) is launched from the USS Daniel Inouye (DDG 118) off the coast of the Pacific Missile Range Facility in Kauai, Hawaii as part of Flight Test Aegis Weapon System 31 Event 1a (FTM-31 E1a), March 30, 2023. The Missile Defense Agency, in cooperation with the U. S. Navy, held the successful missile defense event that demonstrated the capability of a ballistic missile defense (BMD)-configured Aegis ship to detect, track, engage, and intercept a medium range ballistic missile target in the terminal phase of flight utilizing the SM-6 Dual II SWUP in a single salvo of two interceptors.

• Date Taken: 03.30.2023
• Date Posted: 03.31.2023 12:04
• Photo ID: 7714429
• VIRIN: 230330-D-D0500-1004
• Resolution: 1280x720
• Size: 0 B
• Location: US