Keywords: US Navy 091028-N-0000X-002 A Standard Missile-3 (SM-3) is launched from the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force destroyer JS Myoko (DDG 175) in a joint missile defense intercept test with the Missile Defense Agency in the Pacific.jpg en PACIFIC OCEAN Oct 28 2009 A Standard Missile-3 SM-3 is launched from the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force destroyer JS Myoko DDG 175 in a joint missile defense intercept test with the Missile Defense Agency in the Pacific Ocean The SM-3 successfully intercepted a medium-range target that had been launched minutes earlier from the Pacific Missile Range Facility Barking Sands Kauai Hawaii Myoko's crew detected and tracked the target developed a fire control solution then launched the SM-3 U S Navy photo Courtesy of the Missile Defense Agency/Released 2009-10-28 091028-N-0000X-002 Navy http //www navy mil/view_image asp id 77826 U S Navy photo Courtesy of the Missile Defense Agency PD-USGov-Military-Navy RIM-161 Standard SM-3 JS Myōkō DDG-175 Missile launches by night |