An NMD test

An exo-atmospheric kill vehicle (EKV) infra-red sensor successfully detected a simulated missile warhead and several decoys launched on a specially adapted US Air Force Minuteman II intercontinental ballistic missile. The exercise was a crucial test of the troubled National Missile Defense (NMD) system now in development, and was the second ...

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