A U.S. interceptor missile on Friday shot down a dummy warhead replicating an incoming North Korean missile in the seventh successful test of Boeing Co’s long-range missile shield, the Pentagon said.
The Missile Defense Agency said in a statement it completed a test “involving a successful intercept by a ground-based interceptor missile designed to protect the United States against a limited long-range ballistic missile attack.”
The interceptor missile was launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base on California’s central coast, and its target was fired from Alaska’s Kodiak Island.
“We got it,” said test witness Riki Ellison, president of the private Missile Defense Advocacy Alliance, a group funded in part by missile shield contractors. “It was a success.”
Now, what excuse will the Democrats have in Congress to reduce funding for National Missile Defense?
Opps Flap spoke too soon. No test is good enough for the NAYSAYER Democrats:
“Once again, there were no countermeasures or decoys used, making this test one of the simplest, easiest, flight intercept tests they’ve ever tried,” Philip Coyle, the Pentagon’s chief weapons tester under former President Bill Clinton, said in a statement e-mailed to Reuters.
Stay tuned……
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VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. — Charles Brooks, a firefighter with the 30th Civil Engineer Squadron, is a recipeint of the Fire and Emergency Services Firefighter Heroism Award for the Department of Defense. The Heroism Award is for outstanding firefighter performance that goes above and beyond the call of duty. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Christian Thomas)
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E-mail a friendVANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. — For the Italian space community’s first satellite launch from Vandenberg, the Italian Ministry of Defense transformed the Pacific Coast Club into a non-conventional viewing site for the Italian COSMO Sky-Med satellite launch on June 7. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Corenthia Fennell)
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E-mail a friendVANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. — Senior Airman Keith Armour, a firefighter with the 30th Civil Engineer Squadron, is the Air Force Military Fire Fighter of the Year for the Department of Defense Fire and Emergency Services Awards.
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E-mail a friendSenior Airman Jose Gutierrez, a Tops in Blue video tehnician, hands off his camera to perform a break dance during the 2007 “Fly-by” themed Tops in Blue for Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif, at the Cabrillo High School auditorium, Vandenberg Village, Calif., on June 2. The security forces journeyman serves with the 91st Missile Security Forces Squadron at Minot AFB, N.D.(U.S. Air Force Photo By Airman 1st Class Nichelle Griffiths)
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E-mail a friendCapt. Alexander Ruiz performs during the 2007 “Fly-by” themed Tops in Blue for Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif, at the Cabrillo High School auditorium, Vandenberg Village, Calif., on June 2. The violinist and Tops and Blue tour director is a space and missile officer with the 10th Missile Squadron at Malmstrom AFB, Mont. (U.S. Air Force Photo By Airman 1st Class Nichelle Griffiths)
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E-mail a friendThe Missile Defense Agency emplaces an interceptor missile at Vandenberg Air Force Base May 2.
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E-mail a friendThe Missile Defense Agency emplaces an interceptor missile at Vandenberg Air Force Base May 2.
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