This image provided by Lockheed Martin shows the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense system, or THAAD missile being launched from a mobile launcher at Kauai's Pacific Missile Range Facility Wednesday June 25, 2008.From Yahoo News:
KAPAA, Hawaii - The military's ground-based missile defense system destroyed a missile launched from an airplane in the first successful test of the system's ability to destroy a warhead that separates from its booster, the Missile Defense Agency said.
The interceptor missile launched off Kauai on Wednesday had to differentiate between the warhead and the body of the missile before destroying the warhead above the Pacific Ocean, the agency said. It was the fifth successful intercept in five attempts since 2005 for the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense system, according to the agency.
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More News on this Missile Test:
29th Missile Defense Intercept Achieved -- PR Newswire
US military shoots down separating missile in test -- USA Today
Kauai missile test deemed success as target is destroyed in 6 minutes -- Honolulu Advertiser
My Comment: I remembered when President Reagan first announced the SDI Program almost 25 years ago, critics said it could not be done ..... well .... they were wrong.