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

WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, UNITED STATES

12.05.2008

Photo by Fred Baker 

Office of the Secretary of Defense Public Affairs           

Lt. Gen. Patrick O'Reilly, U.S. Army, director of the Missile Defense Agency, announces the successful test of the Ground-based Mid-course Interceptor at a Pentagon press briefing, Dec. 5. The target ballistic missile was launched from Kodiak, Alaska, and the interceptor missile from Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif.

• Date Taken: 12.05.2008
• Date Posted: 12.26.2011 16:48
• Photo ID: 133802
• VIRIN: 081205-O-9999B-002
• Resolution: 3000x2400
• Size: 1.43 MB
• Location: WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, US