US says missile defense system successfully intercepts projectile during test

[jpak]

Source: CNN

(CNN)A United States-built missile defense system on Tuesday successfully intercepted its target during a test run, the US Missile Defense Agency said.

The Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) missile defense system successfully shot down a target over Alaska, according to a news release.

"I couldn't be more proud of the government and contractor team who executed this flight test today," said MDA Director Lt. Gen. Sam Greaves in the statement. "This test further demonstrates the capabilities of the THAAD weapon system and its ability to intercept and destroy ballistic missile threats."

An official with the US Department of Defense told CNN the test is not related to North Korea's recent intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) launch.

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Read more: http://www.cnn.com/2017/07/11/politics/us-thaad-missile-defense-test/index.html

[asiliveandbreathe]

1. DISTRACT any which way but loose...

Here we go folk's....but it was a TEST!!!!! - Here is what the stupid will gleen from this....

OVER ALASKA - MISSILE - DEFENSE - SHOT DOWN - like chicken little - the sky is falling....

[longship]

2. Did they tell the ABM where the target was ahead of time?

That's what these Star Wars systems people usually call a test. Either that or they put a homing device on the target.

[Freelancer]

3. Just wondering... wouldn't it work better if...?

Wouldn't it work better if we put our anti-missiles close to where the offensive launch is going to happen? Launch immediately after the enemy, pursue on a tandem trajectory, overtake, sidle up, and destroy? What we're doing now has been compared to hitting a bullet fired with another bullet. Doesn't seem logical.

[EX500rider]

5. That's why we have THAAD in Guam and S Korea..

....and AEGIS ships off shore near N Korea and likely Iran.

[LastLiberal in PalmSprings]

4. Was the "enemy" ICBM equipped with MIRV warheads which had already deployed?

MIRV = Multiple Independently-targeted Reenty Vehicles

[tammywammy]

6. THAAD isn't for ICBM intercepts.

It's used against short & medium range ballistic missiles.