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U.S. Missile Defense Test Successful
Friday, September 28, 2007
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- A ground-based missile successfully
intercepted a target missile Friday in a test of the nation's defense
system, the Missile Defense Agency said.
An intercontinental ballistic missile interceptor blasted out of an
underground silo at Vandenberg Air Force Base shortly after 1:15 p.m., and
tracked a target missile that had lifted off from the Kodiak Launch Complex
in Alaska, the Boeing Co. said in a statement.
The Missile Defense Agency said initial results show the interceptor's
rocket motor system and kill vehicle performed as planned. Boeing said the
warhead was tracked, intercepted and destroyed.
Boeing is the prime contractor for what is formally known as the
Ground-Based Midcourse Defense system.
The MDA expects to invest $49 billion in ballistic missile defense
development and fielding over the next five years.
Two operational interceptor missiles are currently based at Vandenberg and
there are 11 deployed at Fort Greely, Alaska.
U.S. Missile Defense Test Successful
Friday, September 28, 2007
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- A ground-based missile successfully
intercepted a target missile Friday in a test of the nation's defense
system, the Missile Defense Agency said.
An intercontinental ballistic missile interceptor blasted out of an
underground silo at Vandenberg Air Force Base shortly after 1:15 p.m., and
tracked a target missile that had lifted off from the Kodiak Launch Complex
in Alaska, the Boeing Co. said in a statement.
The Missile Defense Agency said initial results show the interceptor's
rocket motor system and kill vehicle performed as planned. Boeing said the
warhead was tracked, intercepted and destroyed.
Boeing is the prime contractor for what is formally known as the
Ground-Based Midcourse Defense system.
The MDA expects to invest $49 billion in ballistic missile defense
development and fielding over the next five years.
Two operational interceptor missiles are currently based at Vandenberg and
there are 11 deployed at Fort Greely, Alaska.
