The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) successfully completed Flight Test Operational-01 (FTO-01) on Sept. 9, proving the Navy’s Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense System and the Army’s Terminal High Altitude Area Defense could work together to intercept two medium range ballistic missile targets, MDA said yesterday. The test at the Army’s Reagan Test Site at the Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands began by launching two missile targets toward the test range, which an AN/TPY-2 radar detected and relayed track information to…
