USS Lake Erie Homeports in San Diego for its Missile Defense Mission

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12/03/2014
12/03/2014:Lake Erie (CG 70) perform morning colors before departing Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam for a scheduled homeport change to San Diego. Lake Erie is replacing guided-missile destroyer USS John Paul Jones (DDG 53) as a rotational Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) destroyer out of San Diego. [maxgallery id="69364"]  Credit:Navy Public Affairs…

Missile Defense Agency – FTM-18 Flight Test

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07/02/2012
07/02/2012:The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) and U.S. Navy sailors aboard the USS Lake Erie successfully conducted a flight test of the Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) system, resulting in the intercept of a target missile over the Pacific Ocean. Missile Defense Agency - FTM-18 Flight Test from SldInfo.com on Vimeo.…