7 November 2007 – Steeljaw Scribe

Successful Aegis BMD Shot

BySteeljawscribe 7 November 2007

A Standard Missile-3 (SM-3) is launched from the Pearl Harbor-based Aegis cruiser, USS Lake Erie (CG 70) on November 6, 2007 enroute to an intercept as part of a Missile Defense Agency test of the Sea-based capability under development, yet tactically certified and deployed with the U.S. Navy. This was a multiple simultaneous engagement involving…

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Pilot Missing From the Vietnam War is Identified

BySteeljawscribe 7 November 200728 March 2010

(ed. More about the FAC mission in Laos may be found at www.ravens.org. – SJS) The Department of Defense POW/Missing Personnel Office (DPMO) announced today that the remains of a U.S. serviceman, missing from the Vietnam War, have been identified and will be returned to his family for burial with full military honors. He is…