Flight Test FTG-05 - 12/5/08 Narrated Overview

Narrated post-test overview of Missile Defense Agency's Flight Test FTG-03a, which resulted in a successful intercept on September 28, 2007. During the test, a threat-representative target missile was launched from Kodiak, Alaska at 3:04pm (EST). This long-range ballistic target was tracked by several land- and sea-based radars, which sent targeting information to the interceptor missile. At 3:23pm (EST) the Ground-Based Interceptor was launched from the Ronald W. Reagan Missile Defense Site, located at Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. The interceptor's exoatmospheric kill vehicle was carried into the target's predicted trajectory in space, maneuvered to the target, performed discrimination, and intercepted the threat warhead. Missile Defense Agency

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Science & Technology

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• MDA
• BMDS
• GMD
• missile defense
• intercept
• flight test