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A ballistic missile target leaves a fiery arc in the night sky.

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A medium-range ballistic missile target is launched from the Pacific Missile Range Facility during Flight Test Standard Missile-27 Event 2, Kauai, Hawaii, Aug. 29, 2017. The target was successfully intercepted by SM-6 missiles fired from the guided missile destroyer USS John Paul Jones. DoD photo by Latonja Martin

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