US Conducts Theater Defense Missile Test

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Sunday, April 01, 2001, updated at 10:02(GMT+8)

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US Conducts Theater Defense Missile Test

The US military shot down a target ballistic missile with Patriot PAC-3 missiles in a test over New Mexico State Saturday, March 31.

The test over White Sands Missile Range involved firing two PAC- 3 missiles against a Hera ballistic missile as well as firing an earlier generation PAC-2 against its own target.

It was the seventh successful "hit-to-kill" interception in a row for the upgraded 5.2-meter version of the Patriot used against Iraqi Scud missiles in the Gulf War.

Unlike a planned US missile defense effort to protect the whole country from long-range attack, the theater defense program is designed to protect US troops and bases from short and medium- range "theater" missiles.



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	The US military shot down a target ballistic missile with Patriot PAC-3 missiles in a test over New Mexico State Saturday, March 31.




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