PACIFIC
OCEAN (June 27, 2012) A Standard Missile-3 (SM-3) Block 1B
interceptor is launched from the guided-missile cruiser USS Lake
Erie (CG 70) for the second time during a Missile Defense Agency
test in the Pacific Ocean. The SM-3 Block 1B successfully
intercepted a short-range ballistic missile target that had been
launched from the Pacific Missile Range Facility, located on Kauai,
Hawaii.