Aegis BMD Stellar Gryphon (FTM-13) Quicklook

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Narrative on the first successful multiple simultaneous engagement invovling two short range ballistic missiles (SRBMs). The USS Lake Erie (CG-70) successfully detected and tracked two unitary "non-separating" targets launched from the Pacific Missile Range Facility (PMRF) with the Aegis BMD 3.6 weapon system, firing two Standard Missile-3 (SM-3) Blk IA missiles for two successful intercepts outside the earth's atmosphere. A Japanese destroyer, the JS Kongo, also participated in the flight test perfroming long range surveillance and tracking. The Kongo used the test as a training excersice in preparation for the first ballistic missile intercept test by a Japanese ship planned for late 2007.

This marked the 10th & 11th successful intercepts of a ballistic missile by the Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense System. This also marked the fourth time an allied military unit participated in a U.S. Aegis BMD test.

Video couresty of Raytheon Missile Systems. Approved for public release 07-MDA-2983 & 07-NEWS-0051.

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