National Guard Patriot Missile Tests Successful

By John Liang / May 23, 2002 at 5:00 AM
An Alabama Army National Guard battalion conducted three Patriot missile tests during the past week over Eglin Air Force Base in Florida, the Army announced today. All three live-fire tests -- conducted on May 15 and 20 -- were successful, according to a statement issued by the Army program executive office for air and missile defense. The statement emphasized, however, that, "While these missile firings are used to gauge the missile stockpile reliability, they are not part of the PAC-3...

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