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MEADS Destroys Airbreathing Target In First Intercept test

By Cal Biesecker

Friday, November 30th, 2012

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The tri-national Medium Extended Air Defense System (MEADS) successfully conducted its first intercept flight test at White Sands Missile Range, N.M., said Gregory Kee, NATO MEADS Management Agency general manager. Yesterday morning, the system “detected, tracked, intercepted and destroyed an airbreathing threat,” Kee said during a media call. The system “achieved all the criteria for the test based on our initial analysis.” Marty Coyne, Business Development director, MEADS International, said the test date was chosen over a year ago. “We…

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