U.S. Intercepts Ballistic Missile In Hawaii Test

March 18th, 2009 (8) Posted By Pat Dollard.

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HONOLULU — The U.S. military says its ground-based mobile missile defense system has successfully shot down a medium-range ballistic missile during a test in Hawaii.

The military says the target missile was shot down Tuesday over the Pacific Ocean.

The target missile was fired from a mobile launch platform off the island of Kauai.

Soldiers with the 6th Air Defense Artillery Brigade then launched an interceptor from the Pacific Missile Range Facility on Kauai’s west coast.

The Missile Defense Agency said in a statement that the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense system had “completed a successful intercept.”

The technology is specifically designed to shoot down ballistic missiles during their last stage of flight.
(AP)

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  • CPLViper

    There is nothing like hitting the X ring from a great distance, is there? Ok, ok … this is a bit different and the math is a lot more complex but the feeling is the same.

  • TedB

    Let our enemies know, don’t fuck with us. Good shooting. :beer:

  • ground wizard

    i didn’t read the article, only the head line and my first thought was yeah, b/c our miltary is “THE SHIT”

  • Kurt(the infidel)

    too bad this “unproven” missile defense system will be cut so Obama can buy more people houses. and yes the unproven was his words. not mine.

  • Archinfidel

    I’m surprised the imposter-in-chief allowed the test, I’m sure he is fuming about it, don’t be surprised if this is the last one you hear about for a while.

    Or we have one more he rigs to fail to prove once and for all this is unproven technology!

  • AFITgrad86

    Of interest here is that this was the THAD system performing an intercept during the terminal flight phase. The earlier tests and the satellite shoot-down were done with a mid-course system at a longer range.

    Now the pieces are coming together that will allow us to intercept ‘onsey-twoseys’ coming from rogue states such as Iran or North Korea. We still have a long way to go in this field but Obama will probably pull the plug.

    Too bad because the boost phase system would be next on stage .. that’s the Airborne Laser (ABL)

  • Shaun

    “unproven” missile defense system

    The $hit works it just costs money and for a democrat, social programs wins over defense any day except the day 9-11 happens.

    That’s why smart people plan for $hit and dumb people react to $hit.

  • Clark

    Successfully shot it with not one, but two hit-to-kill missiles under extremely complex circumstances… :mrgreen: :beer: :gun: