JAKARTA - The United States Missile Defense Agency managed to intercept targets of medium-range ballistic missiles launched from the air during a test off the coast of Guam for the first time.
Guam, the US region in the Western Pacific, is a strategic military outpost closer to China than to Hawaii. This plays an important role in maintaining the US presence in the region and hindering potential enemies.
The success of this test underscores the Pentagon's commitment to strengthening Guam's defenses against the growing threat of missiles.
Reported by Reuters on Tuesday, December 10, during testing, dubbed the Flight Experiment Mission-02 Guam System, integrated with the new AN/TPY-6 radar and Vertical Launch System, fired the IIA Block IIA Standard-3 Missile.
The missile made by RTX Corp-former Raytheon managed to intercept the target of the Medium Distance Ballistic Missile launched from the air off the coast of Andersen Air Force Base.
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MDA Director Lt. Gen. Heath Collins praised the trial as an extraordinary group effort, and stressed the importance of this trial in validating the joint tracking architecture and integrated air defense capabilities for Guam.
The success of this intercept is part of a broader initiative to develop the Guam Defense System (GDS), which aims to provide an upgraded integrated air defense and missile system.
MDA plans to use the data collected from this experiment to further refine and validate concepts and requirements for GDS in the future.
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