The U.S. Missile Defense Agency, in cooperation with U.S. Department of Defense partners, successfully conducted the first live intercept test of a ballistic missile target from the Guam Aegis ballistic missile defense system. #FreeAndOpenIndoPacific #Readiness #Lethality | U.S. Pacific Air Forces

The Arleigh Burke class is a guided missile destroyers (DDGs) of the United States Navy. These warships were designed as multimission destroyers, able to fulfill the strategic land strike role with Tomahawk missiles; antiaircraft warfare (AAW) role with powerful Aegis radar and surface-to-air missiles; antisubmarine warfare (ASW) with towed sonar array, anti-submarine rockets, and ASW helicopter; and antisurface warfare (ASuW) with Harpoon missile launcher. With upgrades to their AN/SPY-1 phased