SMDC team launch Black Daggers during tests

FORT WINGATE, NM, UNITED STATES

03.12.2022

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U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command

A Black Dagger low-cost target launches from Fort Wingate, New Mexico, March 12 during a mission supporting Integrated Fires Mission Command as part of Program Executive Office for Missiles and Space. The U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command Technical Center’s Test Team launched two targets in support of missile defense from Fort Wingate, New Mexico, during March. The first launch supported IAMD and the second test supported the Missile Defense Agency on March 29. Black Dagger consists of a Mark 70 Terrier first stage and a M124 second stage. Black Dagger is designed to fly a short range ballistic missile, or SRBM, ballistic flight path and built as ballistic missile target capable of threat-matching for use in advanced missile defense systems testing.

• Date Taken: 03.12.2022
• Date Posted: 04.04.2022 15:30
• Photo ID: 7121350
• VIRIN: 220312-A-AB123-891
• Resolution: 1067x1600
• Size: 778.39 KB
• Location: FORT WINGATE, NM, US