Later this month, the Missile Defense Agency will conduct a non-intercept test of its Ground-based Midcourse Defense (GMD) system meant to prove out fixes to issues that caused a failed 2010 test, the agency’s director said Tuesday.During the controlled test vehicle flight in January, MDA will gather data as a three-stage interceptor tracks a long-range, air-launched target that is equipped with countermeasures and decoys, Vice Adm. J. D. Syring said in a speech at the Center for Strategic and International…
