Description: 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. The launch was the latest
Missile Defense Agency test in conjunction with the U.S. Navy. DoD
photo by U.S. Navy.