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English: This infrared image captured a successful intercept of a threat-representative ICBM target by two long-range Ground-based Interceptors launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif., March 25, 2019. The target was launched from the Ronald Reagan Ballistic Missile Defense Test Site as part of the first-ever salvo engagement test with GBIs. [the target is likely a STARS missile derived from the Polaris missile]
Date 25 Mar 2019
Source https://www.dvidshub.net/image/5208849/ftg-11-infrared-intercept-capture
Author Lisa Simunaci

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A US Exoatmospheric Kill Vehicle from a Ground-Based Interceptor missile destroys a high-altitude target, 2019

25 March 2019

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