
The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) conducted a successful intercept test of an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) class target on March 25 in the first salvo test using two Ground-Based Interceptors (GBIs). In this test, the first GBI, called GBI-Lead, destroyed the target reentry vehicle while the second GBI, called GBI-Trail, examined the resulting debris. When GBI-Trail did not find other reentry vehicles, it selected the next “most lethal object” it could find and attacked it as designed. This was called…