Multi-Mission Warfare (MMW) Events 1-4

UNITED STATES

08.03.2015

Video by Ralph Scott 

Missile Defense Agency

The Missile Defense Agency (MDA), U.S. Pacific Command, and U.S. Navy sailors aboard the USS John Paul Jones (DDG 53) successfully conducted a series of four flight test events exercising the Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) element of the nation's Ballistic Missile Defense System (BMDS). The flight test, designated Multi-Mission Warfare (MMW) Events 1 through 4, demonstrated successful intercepts of short-range ballistic missile and cruise missile targets by the USS John Paul Jones, configured with Aegis Baseline 9.C1 (BMD 5.0 Capability Upgrade) and using Standard Missile (SM)-6 Dual I and SM-2 Block IV missiles. All flight test events were conducted at the Pacific Missile Range Facility (PMRF), Kauai, Hawaii.

• Date Taken: 08.03.2015
• Date Posted: 08.07.2015 10:43
• Category: B-Roll
• Video ID: 418352
• VIRIN: 150803-A-RS000-001
• Filename: DOD_102645614
• Length: 00:06:54
• Location: US