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  • SEA-BASED MISSILE DEFENSE "HIT TO KILL" INTERCEPT ACHIEVED (Aegis)

    11/07/2007 5:38:20 AM PST · by RDTF · 76 replies · 803+ views
    MDA.Mil ^ | Nov 6, 2007 | Chris Taylor and Rick Lehner, Public Affairs
    Air Force Lieutenant General Henry 'Trey" Obering, Missile Defense Agency (MDA) director, announced the successful completion today of a multiple simultaneous engagement involving two ballistic missile targets. This was MDA's latest "hit to kill" intercept flight test conducted jointly with the U.S. Navy off the coast of Kauai, Hawaii. For the first time, the operationally realistic test involved two unitary "non-separating" targets, meaning that the target's warheads did not separate from their booster rockets. This was the 32nd and 33rd successful "hit-to-kill" intercepts since 2001. Designated as Flight Test Standard Missile-13 (FTM-13), it marked the tenth and eleventh successful intercepts,...