Ballistic missile intercepted in Hawaii test

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Ballistic missile intercepted in Hawaii test
By Audrey McAvoy - The Associated Press
Posted : Wednesday Mar 18, 2009 21:30:41 EDT

HONOLULU — The military’s ground-based mobile missile-defense system successfully shot down a medium-range ballistic missile during a test in Hawaii, the Missile Defense Agency said Tuesday.

It was the first time the military fired two interceptors at one target using the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense system, a program designed to shoot down ballistic missiles in their last stage of flight.

The drill followed through on a test that was planned for last September but had to be aborted when the target malfunctioned shortly after launch.

On Tuesday, the target missile was fired from a vessel off the island of Kauai.

Soldiers with the Army’s 6th Air Defense Artillery Brigade then launched two interceptors from the Pacific Missile Range Facility on Kauai’s west coast.


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