US Ground-Based Interceptor Successfully Destroys ICBM In Test - Missile Defense Agency

Umer Jamshaid Published March 26, 2019 | 04:05 AM

US Ground-Based Interceptor Successfully Destroys ICBM in Test - Missile Defense Agency

WASHINGTON (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 26th March, 2019) A US Air Force Ground-Based Interceptor (GBI) has successfully destroyed an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) in a test, the Missile Defense Agency announced in a statement.

"The US Missile Defense Agency, in cooperation with the Joint Functional Component Command for Integrated Missile Defense, US Northern Command, and elements of the US Air Force Space Command.

.. conducted a successful test today against an ICBM class target," the statement said on Monday. "The GBI-Lead destroyed the reentry vehicle, as it was designed to do."

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