Hopper in SM-3 test
July 29th, 2009 | Ballistic missile defense ordnance Science and technology Ships | Posted by Andrew Scutro
//U.S. Navy
Scoop Deck has learned that the destroyer Hopper will take part in a ballistic missile intercept test on Thursday off Hawaii. Unlike the land-based interceptor tests also conducted by the Ballistic Missile Defense program, the Standard Missile-3 is shot out of vertical launch missile tubes aboard AEGIS-equipped warships during the seaborne BMD tests. Like previous tests this has the “Stellar” prefix, and will be called “Stellar Avenger.”
Will update with results.
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Gunner Says:
July 31st, 2009 at 12:02 pmSkin-2-skin, baby!
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The Scoop Deck » Missile hits missile. Again. Says:
July 31st, 2009 at 12:05 pm[...] few days ago we posted about an upcoming ballistic missile intercept test from the destroyer Hopper in the Pacific. [...]