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Article: Lockheed Martin Aegis BMD Weapon System Intercepts Ballistic Missile Target, Successfully Tests New Capabilities
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- August 2, 2009
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Wireless News
08-02-2009
Lockheed Martin Aegis BMD Weapon System Intercepts Ballistic Missile Target, Successfully Tests New Capabilities
Type: News
Lockheed Martin said its Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) System on July 31 destroyed a ballistic missile target in an at-sea firing under operationally realistic conditions.
The company said the event also successfully demonstrated two new capabilities on other ships. These tests mark the continued successful engineering development of the next generational upgrade in Aegis BMD capability.
The Aegis BMD system on USS HOPPER (DDG-70) detected and tracked the ballistic missile target, and computed a targeting solution to guide an SM-3 ...