USS Paul Ignatius (DDG 117) Live Fires RIM-161 Standard Missile (SM-3)

USS Paul Ignatius (DDG-117) is an Arleigh Burke-class destroyer of the United States Navy. She is named for Paul Ignatius who served as United States Secretary of the Navy under President Lyndon Johnson from 1967 to 1969. Ignatius had previously served as a lieutenant in the Navy during World War II. Paul Ignatius is the second of eight planned Flight IIA "technology insertion" ships, which contains elements of the Flight III ships.
The RIM-161 Standard Missile 3 (SM-3) is a ship-based surface-to-air missile system used by the United States Navy to intercept short- and intermediate-range ballistic missiles as a part of Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense System.[5] Although primarily designed as an anti-ballistic missile, the SM-3 has also been employed in an anti-satellite capacity against a satellite at the lower end of low Earth orbit.[6] The SM-3 is primarily used and tested by the United States Navy and also operated by the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force.
Armament
Guns:
5-inch (127 mm)/62 Mk 45 Mod 4 (lightweight gun)
1 × 20 mm Phalanx CIWS
2 × 25 mm Mk 38 Machine Gun System
4 × .50 caliber (12.7 mm) guns
Missiles:
1 × SeaRAM CIWS
1 × 32-cell, 1 × 64-cell (96 total cells) Mk 41 Vertical Launching System (VLS):
RIM-66M Surface-to-Air Missile
RIM-156 Surface-to-Air Missile
RIM-174A Standard ERAM
RIM-161 Anti-Ballistic Missile
RIM-162 ESSM (quad-packed)
BGM-109 Tomahawk Cruise Missile
RUM-139 Vertical Launch ASROC
Torpedoes:
2 × Mark 32 triple torpedo tubes:
Mark 46 Lightweight Torpedo
Mark 50 Lightweight Torpedo
Mark 54 Lightweight Torpedo
Aircraft carried
2 × MH-60R Seahawk helicopters
Aviation facilities
Double hangar and helipad.
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