Power drop eyed as cause of GMD test failure

The U.S. Missile Defense Agency believes a brief drop in power in part of an interceptor missile caused a recent test failure for the Ground-based Midcourse Defense (GMD) system, according to information MDA has submitted to Congress. During Booster Verification-5 (BV-5) on Jan. 9, a Raytheon-made...

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