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DoD to Begin Six-Month Study of Using F-35 for Boost Phase Missile Interception

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DoD to Begin Six-Month Study of Using F-35 for Boost Phase Missile Interception
F-35A Lightning II test aircraft assigned to the 31st Test Evaluation Squadron from Edwards Air Force Base, California, released AIM-120 AMRAAM and AIM-9X missiles at QF-16 targets during a live-fire test over an Air Force range in the Gulf of Mexico on June 12, 2018. The Joint Operational Test Team conducted the missions as part of Block 3F Initial Operational Test and Evaluation.

The Defense Department plans to continue studying the feasibility of equipping the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter with new weapons for boost phase interception. The Trump administration’s new missile defense review, released Thursday, states that the Air Force and the Missile Defense Agency will deliver a joint report to senior Pentagon officials in the next six months “on how best to integrate the F-35, including its sensor suite, into the [ballistic missile defense system] for both regional and homeland defense.” The…

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