Submission + - U.S. Shoots Downs Long Range Sim Missile (washingtonpost.com)
pumpkinpuss writes: The U.S. military yesterday shot down a missile in a test simulating a long-range ballistic missile attack by a potential adversary such as North Korea or Iran. The target missile was launched from Kodiak Island, Alaska, at 3:04 p.m. Eastern time, tracked simultaneously by several ground and ship-based radars, and intercepted by a "kill vehicle" 3,000 kilometers away over the Pacific 25 minutes later, according to the Missile Defense Agency. According to Lt. Gen. Patrick O'Reilly, "The kill vehicle was sent to a very accurate spot in space giving us great confidence."
