A ground-based interceptor missile fired from Vandenberg Air Force Base in southern California smashed into and destroyed a target launched from the Marshall Islands, the Missile Defense Agency announced today. This is the first test of the US homeland missile defense system against a “complex, threat-representative [intercontinental ballistic missile] ICBM target," per the agency’s press release.
The test was meant to show that the US can defend itself against a missile attack using the ground-based midcourse defense system or GMD. It was also to try out an upgraded component of the system. The GMD system consists of sensors deployed around the world, at sea, and in space; they work together to detect a hostile missile launch, and...
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https://www.theverge.com/2017/5/30/15716404/ballistic-missile-intercept-test-department-of-defense-pentagon-north-korea
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