SOLDIERS INTERCEPT, DESTROY BALLISTIC MISSILE IN SPACE
December 11, 2008
December 11, 2008
FORT GREELY, Alaska, Dec. 11 -- The U.S. Army issued the following news release:
Alaska Army National Guard troops from the 49th Missile Defense Battalion launched and directed a ground-based interceptor Friday that destroyed a target ballistic missile in space, miles above the Pacific Ocean.
This was the 13th live test of the nation's ground-based midcourse defense, or GMD system, designed to protect the United States from a ballistic missile attack. It provid . . .
Alaska Army National Guard troops from the 49th Missile Defense Battalion launched and directed a ground-based interceptor Friday that destroyed a target ballistic missile in space, miles above the Pacific Ocean.
This was the 13th live test of the nation's ground-based midcourse defense, or GMD system, designed to protect the United States from a ballistic missile attack. It provid . . .