This handout picture, released by the Japanese Defence Ministry, shows a Japanese Maritime Defence Force's destroyer Kongo launching a missile off Hawaii, in the Pacific Ocean. A Standard Missile 3 (SM-3) launched from the Japanese Aegis Destroyer JS Kongo at sea shot down a mid-range ballistic missile fired from the U.S. Navy facility as a target Monday, becoming the first U.S. ally to shoot down a mid-range ballistic missile with an interceptor fired from a ship. (Xinhua/AFP Photo)