US Missile Defense System Successfully Intercepts ICBM: FTG-15 Test Footage

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The U.S. military on Tuesday successfully conducted a missile defense test involving a simulated attack by an intercontinental ballistic missile, in a major milestone for a program meant to defend against a mounting North Korean threat. The test, designated Flight Test Ground-Based Interceptor FTG-15, was the first live-fire test event against an ICBM-class target the U.S. ballistic missile defense system.

The U.S. Missile Defense Agency, in cooperation with the U.S. Air Force 30th Space Wing, the Joint Functional Component Command for Integrated Missile Defense and U.S. Northern Command, successfully intercepted an intercontinental ballistic missile target during a test of the Ground-based Midcourse Defense (GMD) element of the nation's ballistic missile defense system. A ground-based interceptor was launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, and its exo-atmospheric kill vehicle intercepted and destroyed the target in a direct collision.

For the test, an ICBM-class target was launched from the Reagan Test Site on Kwajalein Atoll in the Republic of the Marshall Islands. Multiple sensors provided target acquisition and tracking data to the Command, Control, Battle Management and Communication (C2BMC) system. The Sea-Based X-band radar, positioned in the Pacific Ocean, also acquired and tracked the target. The GMD system received the target tracking data and developed a fire control solution to intercept the target.

The GMD element of the ballistic missile defense system provides combatant commanders the capability to engage and destroy intermediate and long-range ballistic missile threats to protect the U.S. The mission of the Missile Defense Agency is to develop and deploy a layered ballistic missile defense system to defend the United States, its deployed forces, allies and friends from limited ballistic missile attacks of all ranges in all phases of flight.

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AiirSource
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Wow, I don't think people truly understand how groundbreaking this is

backwaterbible
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Kim Jong Un is probably like "Oh f*ck there goes my leverage against the US!"

minydoom
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3 Layers of Global Protection:
a) Aegis BMD & GMD
b) THAAD
c) PAC-3 & MEADS

alexandersundukov
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This is amazing, like shooting another bullet with another bullet. Smart people did this :)

mgtowacademy
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Good job. Accurately intercept incoming intercontinental missiles.

andygebb
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Yeah... Now try to intercept 70 of these at the same time, like in an acutal war.

timothytim
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Why does it look like the target explodes before the interceptor reaches it?

josephastier
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i love the perfect film of the launch and then obviously as per ALLWAYS when something happens it has to be in awful grainy thermal.

dexikid
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Great the North Korea threat will be given a thorough view now.

agbajesamuel
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Can it also be used as antiaaircraft as well?

ybrik
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"Go ahead N. Korea, I dare you..."

Urezme
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America is losing against Russia in a missile

persiangulfiran
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0:47 target blast before missile hit it ???

abdulbasit
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I don't mind having a missile target California.. lots of people here deserve one 😀

xLiLtEmPeR
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Now what if you could NOT only INTERCEPT the NUKE and MERELY blow it up vs interception but TAKE CONTROL OF THE NUKE, and control it where to go "if it wasn't one of our nukes." @ was an enemy nuke. not merely intercept the enemy nuke. somehow thwart their attack by intercepting it with something you guys got vs anti-missile. Anyways the point I'm making is think if you could do this just think listen: not only intercept an enemy nuke however but siege control of the enemy nuke and control their nuke if they ever tried to launch one at us and aim it right back at the enemy vs themselves. is it possible? why not? i've seen Jesus himself do it but that's God.

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U.S. Missile New system is consistently being sold to the highest bidder for a name on a hotel.

BlackAnvil
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The Nazi's always have the best missile systems since WWII. After all, they did win the war, and moved across the sea to a new Homeland Security

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