Seeker fault cited in failure of missile defense intercept test
Pentagon officials said a national missile defense (NMD) kill vehicle failed to hit a target warhead in a test Tuesday because of a problem with its infrared seekers just seconds before the intercept was to have taken place. There are two IR seekers on the Raytheon-built exoatmospheric kill vehicle...
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