C-17 assists in Missile Defense Agency Test
A THAAD weapon system fires from Wake Island in the Pacific Ocean Oct. 31. Edwards personnel helped support the test conducted by the Missile Defense Agency's Ballistic Missile Defense System, which is designed to negate ballistic missile threats. Specifically, this was an operational test of the THAAD weapon system located on Wake Island and the Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense from the Navy’s USS John Paul Jones guided missile destroyer. Southeast of Wake Island, a C-17 supplied by Air Mobility Command launched a Short Range Air Launch Target (SRALT) over the Pacific Ocean that was detected and intercepted by the THAAD weapon system. (Missile Defense Agency image)
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