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The U.S. Missile Defense Agency, in cooperation with the U.S. Air Force 30th Space Wing, the Joint Functional Component Command for Integrated Missile Defense and U.S. Northern Command, today successfully intercepted an intercontinental ballistic missile target during a test of the Ground-based Midcourse Defense (GMD) element of the nation's ballistic missile defense system. During the test, an ICBM-class target was launched from the Reagan Test Site on Kwajalein Atoll in the Republic of the Marshall Islands. This was the first live-fire test event against an ICBM-class target for GMD and the U.S. ballistic missile defense system. Visit https://www.mda.mil for more info.
| Date Taken: | 05.30.2017 |
| Date Posted: | 05.30.2017 21:00 |
| Photo ID: | 3433730 |
| VIRIN: | 170530-A-A0981-001 |
| Resolution: | 5152x3864 |
| Size: | 5.8 MB |
| Location: | US |
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