Navy halts LEAP test after target malfunctions
The U.S. Navy had to scuttle a test in which a LEAP kinetic kill vehicle (KKV) was to have intercepted a mock tactical ballistic missile. The test was halted after the target was launched from Wallops Island, Va., early Sunday morning, a Navy spokesman said yesterday. He said a transponder on the...
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