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Patriot PAC-3 Missile Test Successfully Intercepts Tactical Ballistic Missile

By Cal Biesecker

Monday, April 15th, 2013

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Lockheed Martin’s [LMT] PAC-3 missile successfully detected, tracked and intercepted a tactical ballistic missile (TBM) in a Lower Tier Project Office flight test on Friday at White Sands Missile Range, N.M., company officials said. The test mission objectives focused on reducing risk for a flight test of the PAC-3 Missile Segment Enhancement (MSE) scheduled later this year. During the test, two PAC-3 missiles were ripple-fired in the test per current Army doctrine. The first interceptor destroyed the target and the…

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