The Missile Defense Agency has set a new date for the next assessment of the Ground-based Midcourse Defense system, which would represent a delay of at least eight months. MDA will conduct the salvo test, which will involve launching two Ground-based Interceptors against one intercontinental ballistic missile target, in the "August-September time frame" of 2018, according to agency Director Vice Adm. Jim Syring. The event, dubbed Flight Test Ground-Based Interceptor-11, was initially scheduled for the first quarter of fiscal year...
