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Pentagon Successfully Shot Down An Intercontinental Ballistic Missile In A Test
Still, with the hope of continuing to increase sanctions on North Korea and encourage China and South Korea to do everything possible to deescalate this very precarious and imminent danger. This is not a video game. This is a very dangerous threat to every country and every human being on the face of this planet. The proliferation of a multiple missile nuclear attack would eventually reach all human life on this planet and kill mankind. ~ Natalie
Pentagon spokesman Captain Jeff Davis told reporters, “This is one element of a broader missile defense strategy that we can use to employ against potential threats.”
“A successful test was by no means guaranteed and the Pentagon sought to manage expectations earlier in the day, noting that the United States had multiple ways to try to shoot down a missile from North Korea.”
HOMELAND MISSILE DEFENSE SYSTEM SUCCESSFULLY INTERCEPTS ICBM TARGET
“The U.S. Missile Defense Agency, in cooperation with the U.S. Air Force 30th Space Wing, the Joint Functional Component Command for Integrated Missile Defense and U.S. Northern Command, today successfully intercepted an intercontinental ballistic missile target during a test of the Ground-based Midcourse Defense (GMD) element of the nation’s ballistic missile defense system.”
“This was the first live-fire test event against an ICBM-class target for GMD and the U.S. ballistic missile defense system.”
“During the test, an ICBM-class target was launched from the Reagan Test Site on Kwajalein Atoll in the Republic of the Marshall Islands. Multiple sensors provided target acquisition and tracking data to the Command, Control, Battle Management and Communication (C2BMC) system. The Sea-Based X-band radar, positioned in the Pacific Ocean, also acquired and tracked the target. The GMD system received the target tracking data and developed a fire control solution to intercept the target.”
“A ground-based interceptor was launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, and its exo-atmospheric kill vehicle intercepted and destroyed the target in a direct collision.”
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