Hell! They've been doing this on the TNT show, "The Last Ship" for three years now!
(<Grin>!) On Tue, May 30, 2017 at 5:18 PM, Kamakazee <[email protected]> wrote: > *Update*: according to the Pentagon, the much anticipated test was a > success, and the mock ICBM warhead was shot down over the Pacific "in a > success for America's missile defense program." The test was the first of > its kind in nearly three years, and was the first test ever targeting an > intercontinental-range missile like North Korea is developing. > > > In a just released statement, the Missile Defense Agency said that during > the test, an ICBM-class target was launched from the Reagan Test Site on > Kwajalein Atoll in the Republic of the Marshall Islands. Multiple sensors > provided target acquisition and tracking data to the Command, Control, > Battle Management and Communication (C2BMC) system. The Sea-Based X-band > radar, positioned in the Pacific Ocean, also acquired and tracked the > target. The GMD system received the target tracking data and developed a > fire control solution to intercept the target. > > > Full statement from the Pentagon below: > > *HOMELAND MISSILE DEFENSE SYSTEM SUCCESSFULLY INTERCEPTS ICBM TARGET * > > > > The U.S. Missile Defense Agency, in cooperation with the U.S. Air Force > 30th Space Wing, the Joint Functional Component Command for Integrated > Missile Defense and U.S. Northern Command, today successfully intercepted > an intercontinental ballistic missile target during a test of the > Ground-based Midcourse Defense (GMD) element of the nation's ballistic > missile defense system. > > > > This was the first live-fire test event against an ICBM-class target for > GMD and the U.S. ballistic missile defense system. > > > > During the test, an ICBM-class target was launched from the Reagan Test > Site on Kwajalein Atoll in the Republic of the Marshall Islands. Multiple > sensors provided target acquisition and tracking data to the Command, > Control, Battle Management and Communication (C2BMC) system. The Sea-Based > X-band radar, positioned in the Pacific Ocean, also acquired and tracked > the target. The GMD system received the target tracking data and developed > a fire control solution to intercept the target. > > > > A ground-based interceptor was launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base, > California, and its exo-atmospheric kill vehicle intercepted and destroyed > the target in a direct collision. > > -- > -- > Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. > For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum > > * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ > * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. > * Read the latest breaking news, and more. > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "PoliticalForum" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- -- Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "PoliticalForum" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
