FTG-12 GROUND-BASED INTERCEPTOR LAUNCHES FROM VSFB [Image 1 of 2]

VANDENBERG SPACE FORCE BASE, CA, UNITED STATES

12.11.2023

Photo by Senior Airman Tiarra Sibley 

Space Launch Delta 30   

A Ground-based Interceptor, an element of the overall Ground-based Midcourse Defense (GMD) system, was launches from Vandenberg Space Force Base, Calif., Dec. 11, 2023, at 6:38 a.m. by Space Launch Delta 30 Guardians, Airmen and the U.S. Missile Defense Agency. The test demonstrated the ability of the GMD’s capability to engage threats faster and provides the commander of USNORTHCOM the capability to engage and destroy intermediate-and long-rage ballistic missile threats to the U.S. homeland. U.S. Space Force photo by Senior Airman Tiarra Sibley)

• Date Taken: 12.11.2023
• Date Posted: 12.11.2023 15:28
• Photo ID: 8162753
• VIRIN: 231211-F-GJ070-1013
• Resolution: 5377x3841
• Size: 13.87 MB
• Location: VANDENBERG SPACE FORCE BASE, CA, US