During the Stellar Avenger exercise, the Aegis-class destroyer USS Hopper (DDG 70) launches a Standard Missile-3 Block IA, successfully intercepting a sub-scale short range ballistic missile launched from the Pacific Missile Range Facility, Barking Sands, Kauai. This was the 19th successful intercept in 23 at-sea firings for the Aegis BMD program.
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