Military Launches Most Complex Missile Defense Test to Date [Image 1 of 2]

WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, UNITED STATES

12.05.2008

Photo by Fred Baker 

Office of the Secretary of War Public Affairs           

Army Lt. Gen. Patrick O'Reilly, director of the Missile Defense Agency, briefs reporters at the Pentagon, Dec. 5, on the successful test of the Ground-based Mid-course Interceptor. In the test, the defending missile, launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif., impacted the target missile launched from Kodiak, Alaska. Numerous military assets were involved in the test including two U.S. Navy Aegis ships - the USS Higgins and Benfold, sea-based radar off the southern California coast, radar at Beale Air Force Base, Calif., and ground controllers at Ft. Greeley, Alaska.

• Date Taken: 12.05.2008
• Date Posted: 12.26.2011 16:48
• Photo ID: 133801
• VIRIN: 081205-O-9999B-001
• Resolution: 3000x2400
• Size: 1.51 MB
• Location: WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, US