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 .

Missile Defense Agency Completes Successful Flight Tests of Enhanced Nozzle for SM-3 Third Stage Rocket Motor

Missile Defense Agency Completes Successful Flight Tests of Enhanced Nozzle for SM-3 Third Stage Rocket Motor

"...the Missile Defense Agency’s successful tests of its enhanced MK 136 Third Stage Rocket Motor (TSRM) nozzle on the Raytheon Standard Missile (SM)-3 Block IB in Controlled Test Vehicles (CTVs)-01a/02. These flight tests were conducted on May 25 and 26, 2016, respectively, at the Pacific Missile Range Facility. The missiles were launched from a U.S. Navy Aegis destroyer off the coast of Kauai, Hawaii ..."

Reference: finance.yahoo.com .

Hawaii rocket carrying satellite fails after takeoff

Hawaii rocket carrying satellite fails after takeoff

"...The Honolulu Star-Advertiser reports the Air Force confirmed the failure of the Super Strypi rocket at Kauai's Pacific Missile Range Facility on Tuesday..."

Reference: www.foxnews.com .

U.S. Successful Missile Intercept Test Reported

Missile Defense System Completes Successful Intercept Test

"... In the test, the Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense 4.0 weapon system and a Standard Missile 3 Block IB missile intercepted a separating ballistic missile target over the Pacific Ocean. A separating short-range ballistic missile target was launched from the Pacific Missile Range Facility on Kauai, Hawaii, and flew northwest toward a broad ocean area. The USS Lake Erie detected and tracked the missile with its onboard AN/SPY-1 radar. ..."

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 .

Japanese destroyer intercepts test missile off Kauai

Japanese destroyer intercepts test missile off Kauai
"...BARKING SANDS, Kauai >> JS Myoko, Japan's third destroyer equipped with the Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) system, successfully intercepted and destroyed a ballistic missile target above the atmosphere during a test today, Lockheed Martin..."
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