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| Keywords: SM-2 Block IV 080605-N-0000X-006.jpg en 080605-N-0000X-006 PACIFIC OCEAN A modified Standard Missile 2 SM-2 Block IV interceptor is launched Thursday June 5 2008 from the guided-missile cruiser USS Lake Erie CG 70 during a Missile Defense Agency test to intercept a short-range ballistic missile target The missile intercepted the target approximately 12 miles above the Pacific Ocean 100 miles west of Kauai Hawaii on the Pacific Missile Range Facility This was the second successful intercept in two attempts of the sea-based terminal capability and the fourteenth overall successful test of the Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense Program Released http //www navy mil/management/photodb/photos/080605-N-0000X-006 jpg 2008-06-05 U S Navy photo by the Missile Defense Agency PD-USGov-Military-Navy Launches of RIM-67 Standard ER missiles | ||||
