U.S. Missile Defense Agency Plans Trio Of Flight Tests

Credit: The U.S. Missile Defense Agency is due to flight test the upgraded Boeing Configuration 2 Ground-Based Interceptor with Raytheon's latest Capability Enhancement-II Block 1 Exo-atmospheric Kill Vehicle against an ICBM target in early 2017: MDA
On the heels of North Korean saber rattling concerning its growing missile capabilities, the U.S. Missile Defense Agency (MDA) has three major flight tests planned. In 2016 so far, Pyongyang conducted its fourth and fifth underground nuclear tests, demonstrated its new road-mobile “Musudan” rocket...

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