By Dave Ahearn The Aegis weapon control system guided two Standard Missile-2 (SM-2) Block IV interceptors that obliterated a target missile in its terminal phase of flight, as the foreign- built unitary Scud-like target missile descended inside the atmosphere, the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) said yesterday. This was a test of an interim, "gap-filler" sea-based capability to destroy a target missile in its last minutes of flight, Rear Adm. Brad Hicks, the Aegis ballistic missile defense program director, said in…
Aegis, SM-2 Interceptors Kill Target Missile In Terminal-Phase Success
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