The Missile Defense Agency, in cooperation with the Air Force 30th Space Wing, the Joint Functional Component Command for Integrated Missile Defense and Northern Command, today successfully intercepted an intercontinental ballistic missile target during a test of the Ground-based Midcourse Defense (GMD) element of the nation's ballistic missile defense system. A ground-based interceptor was launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, and its exo-atmospheric kill vehicle intercepted and destroyed the target in a direct collision. Visit for more info.

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