, The Missile Defense Agency announced today the successful completion of an important radar data collection flight test for the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) missile defense element. The test was conducted on March 5 and involved the launch of a short-range target missile from an aircraft over the Pacific Ocean.
The short-range target missile was launched at approximately 2:30 p.m. Hawaii Time (7:30 p.m. EST) from a U.S. Air Force C-17A transport aircraft approximately 400 miles west of the Pacific Missile Range Facility on Kauai, Hawaii.
The target missile was extracted from the rear of the C-17A aircraft by parachute. The missile
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