US military conducts ‘most challenging’ ballistic missile defence test
15th April 2011
It was “the most challenging test to date” marking the first intercept of a shipboard Aegis combat system built by Lockheed against a target with a range greater than 1,864 miles, the statement said.
“Initial indications are that all components performed as designed,” said the MDA, in a statement describing the procedure over the Pacific Ocean that saw the latest Aegis BMD weapon system successfully intercept an intermediate-range threat missile.
But of course ‘Star Wars’ has never worked, doesn’t work, and can never work. Just ask the New York Times.