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Article: Past, present and future of GMD.
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- Fires
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- March 1, 2008
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The interceptor blasting triumphantly out of the silo at Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, (left) that crisp September morning in 2007--to meet and destroy a training target at more than 100 miles away measured straight up--symbolized a defining and culminating moment in the history of missile defense. Such a moment only will be eclipsed with a future combat use of the system for the purpose for which it's intended--destroying a ballistic missile aimed at the United States of America.
From the beginning of missile defense theory and practice to the technological marvel represented by the "hitting a bullet with a bullet" flight test, the path to the September ...