A Ground-based Interceptor missile, an element of the nation’s Ground-based Midcourse Defense system, was launched from North Vandenberg Sunday at 11:54 a.m. PDT by 30th Space Wing officials, the U.S. Missile Defense Agency, and U.S. Northern Command.
The missile intercepted a target missile over the Pacific Ocean launched from the Reagan Test Site, Kwajalein Atoll, in the Republic of the Marshall Islands.
Col. Brent McArthur, 30th Space Wing vice commander, was the launch decision authority.
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