Missile Interceptor Passes Test
June 08 2010
The Missile Defense Agency and Boeing have carried out a successful flight test of the ground-based interceptor (GBI) component of the ground-based midcourse defense (GMD) system at Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif., reports the defense firm.
The June 6 trial of the two-stage GBI was designed to measure performance data for the new two-stage design and determine how an operationally configured EKV operates under stressful boundary conditions. The interceptor was carrying an...
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