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X-Band Radar Fails in Missile Defense Test

February 1, 2010 :: Reuters :: News

The Missile Defense Agency has long had on its schedule a January 31 test of the ground-based midcourse missile defense system. This test was significant because it was to be the first simulation of an Iranian (as opposed to a North Korean) missile trajectory.

 

The simulated hostile was launched from the Kwajalein atoll in the Marshall Islands and the interceptor was fired from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. The MDA is reporting no malfunctions of the test missile or the interceptor missile; however, the X-Band radar used to track the missiles and coordinate a hit-to-kill event apparently malfunctioned.

 

This failed test coincides with the release today of the Ballistic Missile Defense Review Report by the Pentagon. Missilethreat.com will post a more detailed summary of that report on Wednesday. (Article)

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