DOD Completes Flight Test of Hypersonic Missile

DOD Completes Flight Test of Hypersonic Missile

"...The U.S. Navy and U.S. Army recently completed an end-to-end flight test of a hypersonic missile from the Pacific Missile Range Facility, Kauai, HI. The test provided data on the end-to-end performance of the Conventional Prompt Strike and Long Range Hypersonic Weapon All Up Round...."

Reference: www.defense.gov .

Kauai, Hawaii, target missile launch and intercept

Raytheon missile to be assembled in Huntsville destroys target in 2nd successful test

"...In today's test, a target missile was launched from the Pacific Missile Range Facility, on Kauai, Hawaii, at 4:15 a.m. CDT and flew northwest over the Pacific Ocean. The USS Lake Erie Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense ship detected and tracked the missile with its onboard AN/SPY-1 radar, according to MDA. The crew used Lockheed Martin's second-generation Aegis BMD 4.0.1 weapon system to launch the SM-3 Block IB missile toward an intercept.
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Reference: al.com .

Hawaii sought for more missile-defense work

Hawaii sought for more missile-defense work
"...Pentagon's Missile Defense Agency, have asked Congress for $68.5 million to build an Aegis missile-defense test site at the Pacific Missile Range Facility on the western shores of Kauai...."
Reference: www.honoluluadvertiser.com

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