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    Missile Defense Agency FTO-01 Flight Test (no watermark) [Image 1 of 2]

    Missile Defense Agency FTO-01 Flight Test (no watermark)

    UNITED STATES

    09.10.2013

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    Missile Defense Agency

    A Standard Missile-3 (SM-3) Block 1A interceptor is launched from the USS Decatur (DDG -73) during a successful intercept test. The USS Decatur with its Aegis Weapon System detected and tracked the target with its on board AN/SPY-1 radar. The test, conducted by Missile Defense Agency (MDA), Ballistic Missile Defense System (BMDS) Operational Test Agency, Joint Functional Component Command for Integrated Missile Defense, and U.S. Pacific Command, in conjunction with U.S. Army soldiers from the Alpha Battery, 2nd Air Defense Artillery Regiment, U.S. Navy sailors aboard the guided missile destroyer USS Decatur (DDG-73), and U.S. Air Force airmen from the 613th Air and Operations Center resulted in the intercept of one medium-range ballistic missile target by THAAD, and one medium-range ballistic missile target by Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD). The test, designated Flight Test Operational-01 (FTO-01), stressed the ability of the Aegis BMD and THAAD weapon systems to function in a layered defense architecture and defeat a raid of two near-simultaneous ballistic missile targets.

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    Date Taken: 09.10.2013
    Date Posted: 09.12.2013 16:31
    Photo ID: 1016639
    VIRIN: 130910-A-MD123-009
    Resolution: 2592x3888
    Size: 989.04 KB
    Location: US

    Web Views: 187
    Downloads: 19

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