Europe Sees Ballistic Missile Intercept

Credit: ROYAL NETHERLANDS AIR FORCE
The Dutch air force has conducted the first intercept of a ballistic missile target in Europe using the Patriot PAC-3 system but a proximity-fuzed PAC-2 interceptor. The event took place during a Dutch-German operational experiment on Oct. 19 from the NATO Missile Firing Installation (Namfi) on...

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