MDA Successfully Tests Selectable GBI Boost Vehicle

Ground -ased Interceptor
The U.S. Missile Defense Agency tests a GroundBased Interceptor with a selectable-boost vehicle on Sept. 12.
Credit: Missile Defense Agency
The U.S. Missile Defense Agency and Boeing on Sept. 12 successfully launched a Ground-Based Interceptor, firing two of its three stages in a test designed to evaluate a new selectable boost vehicle. The test at Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, focused on the two-to-three-stage selectable GBI...
Brian Everstine

Brian Everstine is the Pentagon Editor for Aviation Week, based in Washington, D.C.

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