Interceptor hits target in missile defense test
The Missile Defense Agency's Sept. 1 test of its Ground-based Midcourse Defense (GMD) System exceeded expectations by hitting its target, said U.S. Air Force Lt. Gen. Henry "Trey" Obering III, MDA director. The test's expectation, or mission, was to get the interceptor into the kill region in space...
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