star wars comes another step closer....target intercepted in space....


http://www.voanews.com/english/2006-09-01-voa67.cfm
"Officials say a missile launched from California intercepted a target
missile from Alaska 23 minutes after it was launched on Friday, in outer
space somewhere over the Pacific Ocean."
....
"General Obering was particularly gratified that this test involved U.S.
military personnel, rather than civilian technicians who developed the
system's components. The troops at a fire-control facility in Colorado
received news of the target missile's launch from the same radar systems
that would be used in an actual emergency, and followed normal procedures
to launch the interceptor. "I don't want to ask the North Koreans to
launch against us. That would be a realistic end-to-end test. Short of
that, this is about as good as it gets," he said."
....
"General Obering says the sea-based part of the system is more developed
than the land-based part, but he expressed confidence that the overall
system has what he called a "good chance" of intercepting an enemy
missile, if that becomes necessary."


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