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| US successfully tests missile intercept system |
| 2017-07-31 |
[DAWN] The United States forces successfully tried out Sunday a missile interception system the US hopes to set up on the Korean peninsula, military officials said following a trial just days after  North Korea's second test of an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM).In the American test of the so-called THAAD system, a medium-range missile was launched from a US Air Force C-17 aircraft flying over the Pacific and a THAAD (Terminal High Altitude Area Defense) unit in Alaska "detected, tracked and intercepted the target," the US Missile Defense Agency said. It said this was the 15th successful intercept in 15 tests for the weapons system known as THAAD. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #6 So evidently the rating who mis-designated the target as 'friendly' in the last test was kept away from the console. (You know, the one where the interceptor self destructed?) |
| Posted by: ed in texas 2017-07-31 16:12 |
| #5 dont forget SF |
| Posted by: 746 2017-07-31 13:17 |
| #4 Yep. Time for some proofing. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2017-07-31 09:22 |
| #3 It's not successful till you down a Nork missile. Till then you're just 'proofing' the concept. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2017-07-31 09:06 |
| #2 Or Portland, or Seattle... |
| Posted by: Raj 2017-07-31 01:20 |
| #1 Hold off if they are targeting LA. |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2017-07-31 01:15 |