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Missile Defense Agency Runs Hardware In Ground Test

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Wednesday, June 25th, 2008

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Components of the U.S. ballistic missile defense system (BMDS) recently passed several tests, the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) said yesterday. That Integrated Ground Test (GTI)-03 checked hardware, software, and communication interfaces against simulated ballistic missile threats. This is the third such test in an ongoing series to assess functionality and interoperability under increasingly stressing conditions, simulating concurrent theater, regional, and strategic attacks. The test was conducted June 2-20 from the MDA Combined Test Force Ground Test Center located at the…

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