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photo of a single modified tactical Standard Missile-3 (SM-3) launches from the U.S. Navy AEGIS cruiser USS Lake Erie

A Moment in the Life of America's Navy

On February 20, 2008, USS Lake Erie (CG-70), fires a Standard Missile-3 destroying a dangerous, non-functioning satellite just before it enters earth’s atmosphere. The intercept occurs about 153 miles over the Pacific as the satellite travels at more than 17,000 mph.

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