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Orbital Test Launches Missile Target

August 8, 2005 :: Orbital Sciences Corporation :: News

The Orbital corporation today announced the successful launch of a medium-range target missile as part of a series of tests useful for the development of missile defenses, namely the Missile Defense Agency’s Critical Measurements and Countermeasures Program, Campaign 1 (CMCM-1). Orbital tested the medium-range Castor IVB(R) target vehicle from the Kauai Test Facility at the Pacific Missile Range Facility on August 4.
        That the target missile is medium range suggests it might be of the sort used for tests of the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) program, as opposed to the long range GMD interceptors based in Alaska and California. (Article)

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