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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

Sailors on the USS Hopper conduct two developmental flight tests of the Standard Missile-3 Block IB Threat Upgrade guided missile off the coast of Hawaii, May 25, 2016. The flight tests demonstrated the successful performance of design modifications to the SM-3 third-stage rocket motor nozzle. Navy photo by Leah Garton

Missile Tests

Sailors on the USS Hopper conduct two developmental flight tests of the Standard Missile-3 Block IB Threat Upgrade guided missile off the coast of Hawaii, May 25, 2016. The flight tests demonstrated the successful performance of design modifications to the SM-3 third-stage rocket motor nozzle. Navy photo by Leah Garton

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