Keywords: USS Hopper Prepares For Deployment 160521-N-ZK021-003.jpg en 160525-N-ZK021-003 PACIFIC OCEAN May 25 2016 - Sailors aboard the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Hopper DDG-70 watch a live viewing of the test launch of a next generation prototype of the Standard Missile-3 SM-3 on the mess decks during a scheduled underway SM-3 is a defensive weapon used by the U S Navy to destroy short to intermediate range ballistic missile threats The new-engineered design of the SM-3 improves its guidance systems in space improving its capabilities from the previous design U S Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Nardel Gervacio/Released <br>Unit Navy Public Affairs Support Element Detachment Hawaii 2016-05-25 Petty Officer 1st Class Nardel Gervacio https //www dvidshub net/image/2629240/uss-hopper-prepares-deployment 160521-N-ZK021-003 2016-06-01 18 18 PEARL HARBOR HI US PD-USGov-Military-Navy USS Hopper DDG-70 Images from DoD uploaded by Fæ |