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March 30, 2019 06:34 pm
Original Link: http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/wFTTjXe4mlo/missile-defense-test-intercepts-icbm-target-says-pentagon
Missile Defense Test Intercepts ICBM Target, Says Pentagon
schwit1 quotes CNBC:In the first test of its kind, the Pentagon on Monday carried out a "salvo" intercept of an unarmed missile soaring over the Pacific, using two interceptor missiles launched from underground silos in southern California. Both interceptors zeroed in on the target -- a re-entry vehicle that had been launched 4,000 miles away atop an intercontinental-range missile, the Pentagon said. The first interceptor hit and destroyed the re-entry vehicle, which in an actual attack would contain a warhead. The second interceptor hit a secondary object, as expected, according to a statement by the Pentagon's Missile Defense Agency.Read more of this story at Slashdot.
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