Kill vehicle gets more seeking time in tonight's missile defense test

The kill vehicle being used in tonight's national missile defense (NMD) flight test will have twice the ability to find its target than did the kill vehicle in the first NMD intercept test, which came very close to hitting a decoy balloon instead, Pentagon officials told reporters Friday. The NMD...

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