Ballistic Missile Target Launch

KEKAHA, Hawaii (February 12, 2013) A unitary medium-range ballistic missile target launches from the Pacific missile Range Facility (PMRF) and flies northwest towards a broad ocean area of the Pacific Ocean.  The Guided Missile Cruiser, USS Lake Erie (CG-70), equipped with the second-generation Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense weapon system, used a Launch on Remote doctrine to engage the target with a Standard Missile-3 (SM-3) Block IA guided missile.  (U.S. Navy Photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class

Mathew J. Diendorf/Released)