The Navy is aiming for another first tomorrow when it tries simultaneously to knock down dummy ballistic and cruise missiles off the coast of Kauai.

In its last eight missile launches, a Navy cruiser has been able to shoot down seven dummy missiles.

This time the Pearl Harbor-based cruiser Lake Erie, outfitted with the Aegis ballistic missile defense weapon system, will attempt to detect and attack a dummy ballistic missile fired from the Pacific Missile Range Facility at Barking Sands on Kauai’s north shore and a cruise missile dropped from a military aircraft.

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(Source: Honolulu Star Bulletin)