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First THAAD Intercept Test With Remote Launcher

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First THAAD Intercept Test With Remote Launcher
A THAAD system successfully launches and intercepts a medium-range target using a remote launcher kit in Flight Test THAAD (FTT)-23 at the Kwajalein Atoll in the Republic of the Marshall Islands (Photo: Missile Defense Agency)

The U.S. government conducted its first successful Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) system intercept on Friday while using a remote launcher kit. In the test, designed Flight Test THAAD (FTT)-23, a THAAD system at the Kwajalein Atoll in the Republic of the Marshall Islands detected, tracked, and intercepted a medium-range ballistic missile target. This involved cooperation by the Missile Defense Agency (MDA); Ballistic Missile Defense System Operational Test Agency; and U.S. Army soldiers of the E-62 Battery, 11th Air Defense Artillery…

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