Gen. Glen VanHerck, Commander, North American Aerospace Defense Command and U.S. Northern Command, observes U.S. Missile Defense Agency’s successful test intercept of an Intermediate Range Ballistic Missile by an upgraded Ground-Based Interceptor Dec. 11, 2023, from the commands’ headquarters on Peterson Space Force Base, Colorado. As an exercise of USNORTHCOM’s homeland defense mission, Gen. VanHerck and the commands’ Joint Operations Center crew participated in the test by providing a threat assessment of the test missile and directing the launch of the interceptor.
Missile Defense Agency’s mission is to develop and deploy a layered Missile Defense System to defend the United States, its deployed forces, allies, and friends from missile attacks in all phases of flight. USNORTHCOM conducts homeland defense, civil support, and security cooperation to defend and secure the U.S. and its interests. NORAD is a bi-national command formed by a partnership between Canada and the United States, and provides aerospace warning, aerospace control and maritime warning for North America. The two commands have complementary missions and are co-located together on Peterson SFB. (Department of Defense photo by Chuck Marsh)
| Date Taken: | 12.11.2023 |
| Date Posted: | 12.12.2023 16:53 |
| Photo ID: | 8165003 |
| VIRIN: | 231211-F-UN972-1001 |
| Resolution: | 3926x2400 |
| Size: | 3.01 MB |
| Location: | PETERSON SPACE FORCE BASE, COLORADO, US |
| Web Views: | 49 |
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