Admiral Timothy Keating, Commander of Pacific Command, speaks about possible outcomes of the missile launch during a briefing with the traveling Pentagon press pool on Hickam Air Base in Hawaii
The Department of Defense and specifically the crew of the USS Lake Erie successfully launched a surface-to-air missile and intercepted a defunct spy satellite as it de-orbited at about 10:26 EST on Wednesday. Before the launch Adm. Keating met with the traveling Pentagon press pool and spoke about the operation. (0:52)
February 20, 2008
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