Missile Shootdown Test Was Most Realistic, U.S. Evaluator Says
- Testing office backs claim interception exercise was a success
- U.S. interceptor crashed into a mock North Korean ICBM
North Korea Isn't Backing Down
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The Pentagon’s successful interception last week of a mock North Korean intercontinental ballistic missile was the most realistic test to date, according to the military’s test office.
The $244 million test of the rocket by Orbital ATK Inc. and the Raytheon Corp.“hit-to-kill” warhead it released “mimicked that of an actual operational scenario,” Army Lieutenant Colonel Roger Cabiness, a spokesman for the Defense Department testing office, said in a statement.