Target Launch, variant
Edited Missile Defense Agency image of a target rocket launched from the Pacific Missile Range Facility in Hawaii. This rocket was later intercepted by a missile launched by the USS John Finn. Inverted grayscale variant.
Original caption: KAUAI, Hawaii (Oct. 26, 2018) A target missile is launched from the Pacific Missile Range Facility during Flight Test Standard Missile-45. USS John Finn (DDG 113) detected and tracked the target missile with its onboard AN/SPY-1 radar using the Aegis Baseline 9.C2 weapon system. Upon acquiring and tracking the target, the ship launched an SM-3 Block IIA guided missile which intercepted the target. (Missile Defense Agency photo)
Target Launch, variant
Edited Missile Defense Agency image of a target rocket launched from the Pacific Missile Range Facility in Hawaii. This rocket was later intercepted by a missile launched by the USS John Finn. Inverted grayscale variant.
Original caption: KAUAI, Hawaii (Oct. 26, 2018) A target missile is launched from the Pacific Missile Range Facility during Flight Test Standard Missile-45. USS John Finn (DDG 113) detected and tracked the target missile with its onboard AN/SPY-1 radar using the Aegis Baseline 9.C2 weapon system. Upon acquiring and tracking the target, the ship launched an SM-3 Block IIA guided missile which intercepted the target. (Missile Defense Agency photo)