Keywords: USS Hopper (DDG 70) launches a Standard Missile-3.jpg The destroyer USS Hopper DDG 70 launches a Standard Missile-3 as it operates in the Pacific Ocean on July 30 2009 The missile successfully intercepted a sub-scale short-range ballistic missile launched from the Kauai Test Facility Pacific Missile Range Facility Barking Sands Kauai Hawaii http //www defenselink mil; http //www defenselink mil/photos/newsphoto aspx newsphotoid 11546 exact source; http //www defenselink mil/dodcmsshare/newsphoto/2009-07/hires_090730-N-XXXXX-001 jpg exact image source; 2009-07-30 DoD photo by U S Navy PD-USGov-Military-Navy USS Hopper DDG-70 Launches of RIM-161 Standard SM-3 |