First land-based launch of ballistic missile defense system completed off Kauai
May 21, 2014 at 13:04 PM EDT
The first land-based launch test of the Standard Missile-3 made by Raytheon Co., a component of the Aegis Ashore system developed by Lockheed Martin, was successfully completed over the Pacific Ocean off Hawaii near the Pacific Missile Range Facility on Kauai...