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First ballistic missile intercept for second-generation of Aegis BMD
07:38 GMT, May 15, 2012 KAUAI, Hawaii | The Missile Defense Agency (MDA), U.S. Navy and Lockheed Martin team successfully intercepted a ballistic missile target for the first time, using the second generation of the Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) system, known as Aegis BMD 4.0.1.
This second-generation system, which was certified in March, introduces the Aegis BMD signal processor to improve target identification capabilities and uses open architecture standards to integrate commercial-off-the-shelf technology
Press release.
Good thing, that - otherwise we'd have to revise the next installment in the Red Dragon series, due out later this year.
Meanwhile, NATO's ABM system tests are proceeding as well.
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