A Ground-based Midcourse Defense system interceptor failed to hit its target and the Sea-Based X-band radar encountered problems during a test late last month, according to the Missile Defense Agency. While a target missile successfully launched from Kwajalein Atoll in the southern Pacific at around 3:40 p.m. Pacific Standard Time on Jan. 31 and the Ground-Based Interceptor took off six minutes later from Vandenberg Air Force Base, CA, the intercept itself did not take place, the agency said in a...
