In the largest missile defense flight test ever, the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) with members of all the services successfully conducted the largest, most complex missile defense flight test ever attempted, resulting in the simultaneous engagement of five ballistic missile and cruise missile targets. The test, known as Flight Test-Integrated-01 (FTI-01), stressed the performance of the Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD), Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD), and Patriot weapon systems. An integrated air and ballistic missile defense architecture used…
Ballistic Missile Defense System Successfully Engages Five Targets Simultaneously
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