Five-year project to expand Korean missile shield wraps with flight test intercept 

By Jason Sherman / March 29, 2022 at 12:57 PM
The Defense Department today successfully executed a major test that caps a five-year project to meet an "urgent requirement" to expand the protective shield over South Korea against the North's ballistic missile threats by forging new connections between the U.S. Army's upper- and lower-tier missile defense systems. During a flight test at White Sands Missile Range, NM, the Missile Defense Agency and Army program executive office for missiles and space proved out the ability to incorporate the most advanced Patriot...

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