The U.S. Missile Defense Agency and U.S. Army soldiers of the 11th Air Defense Artillery Brigade from Fort Bliss, Texas, conducted a successful missile defense test today using the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) system. A medium-range target ballistic missile (MRBM) was air-launched by a U.S. Air Force C-17 over the Pacific Ocean. The THAAD weapon system located at Pacific Spaceport Complex Alaska in Kodiak, Alaska, detected, tracked and intercepted the target. Visit https://www.mda.mil for more information.
| Date Taken: | 07.30.2017 |
| Date Posted: | 07.30.2017 11:38 |
| Category: | B-Roll |
| Video ID: | 540934 |
| VIRIN: | 170730-O-AO981-156 |
| Filename: | DOD_104660212 |
| Length: | 00:01:46 |
| Location: | US |
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