Hawk, in TMD test, kills three targets simultaneously

An upgraded version of the Hawk air defense system scored a first in an Aug. 21 test at White Sands Missile Range, N.M., destroying a Lance missile and two BQM-34 drones at the same time. It was "the first successful demonstration of a simultaneous high-low engagement of a TBM (theater ballistic...

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