Lockheed’s Aegis System Test Hits Intermediate Ballistic Missile
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Lockheed Martin Corp.’s Aegis-based missile defense system hit an intermediate-range ballistic missile for the first time today during a test off the coast of Hawaii, the company said in a statement.
A U.S. Navy destroyer equipped with the Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense system radar tracked the target, a missile with a typical range of 1,865-3,420 miles (3,000 kilometers to 5,500 kilometers), and fired a Standard Missile to strike it down, Bethesda, Maryland-based Lockheed said in the statement.