Missile Defense Agency successfully tests new booster for homeland missile defense system
(Worthy News) – The Missile Defense Agency successfully launched a mock-up of a kill vehicle with a new three-stage booster designed to enhance the performance of the interceptors that make up the Ground-Based Midcourse Defense System in a Sept. 12 flight test, according to an agency statement.
The GMD system is designed to protect the homeland from intercontinental ballistic missiles from Iran and North Korea.
The launch of the mock-up Exoatmospheric Kill Vehicle, or EKV, was the first flight test of a three-stage booster operating in two-stage mode “meaning the third stage was not ignited, allowing earlier release of the kill vehicle providing increased battlespace,” the statement said. [ Source: Defense News (Read More…) ]
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