In Sunday’s test, MDA officials said all components appear to have performed as designed.
From launch to kaboom, here’s the video of the missile test that launched a 1,000 smiles
Applied Technology Institute (ATI Courses) offers Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense and is scheduled to present Aegis Combat System Engineering course on July 15-17, 2014 in Laurel, MD. We think the news below would be of interest to our readers. On Sunday, a ground-based interceptor fired from Vandenberg Air Force Base destroyed a mock enemy warhead launched from […]
Applied Technology Institute (ATI Courses) offers Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense and is scheduled to present Aegis Combat System Engineering course on July 15-17, 2014 in Laurel, MD. We think the news below would be of interest to our readers.
On Sunday, a ground-based interceptor fired from Vandenberg Air Force Base destroyed a mock enemy warhead launched from the Marshall Islands. View video. The EKV is supposed to detach, detect and destroy the incoming threat by flying into space and striking the target missile at velocities approaching 22,000 mph. The EKV that was tested on Sunday–the first test since 2008–is called the CE-II, and was designed to correct flaws with the earlier iteration, the CE-I.