
The Missile Defense Agency (MDA), the Air Force 30th Space Wing and U.S. Northern Command (NORTHCOM) plan to conduct an interceptor flight test July 5 to exercise the Ground-based Midcourse Defense (GMD) element of the nation's Ballistic Missile Defense System (BMDS). Ground Based Interceptor Photo: DoD The GMD element provides defense of the homeland against the threat of limited long-range ballistic missile attacks. The test involves launching a target missile from Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands and an interceptor…