Aegis missile test aims for 2 separate kills

[GreatAmerican]

<p><a href=“http://www.navytimes.com/news/2007/04/gns_aegis_070425w/[/url]”>http://www.navytimes.com/news/2007/04/gns_aegis_070425w/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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The Missile Defense Agency will try to shoot two simulated enemy missiles down at once Thursday in the latest test of the Navy’s Aegis ballistic missile defense system.</p>

<p>A similar test was aborted in December because of an incorrect setting in the Aegis missile system aboard the cruiser Lake Erie. This is the 10th intercept attempt. Of the previous nine, seven resulted in successful intercepts…

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<p>As I recall, in one of Tom Clancy’s novels, he described this scenario where an Aegis ship shot down a ballistic missile while tied to a pier in Washington, DC.</p>

[Zaphod]

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As I recall, in one of Tom Clancy’s novels, he described this scenario where an Aegis ship shot down a ballistic missile while tied to a pier in Washington, DC.

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<p>The end of “The Bear and the Dragon”. One of the most nail-biting sequences written by Clancy.</p>

<p>“General Quarters at the fu**ing PIER?”</p>

<p>“BIRDS AWAY!” </p>

<p>Damn, that brings back memories… :(</p>

[GreatAmerican]

<p><a href=“http://www.navytimes.com/news/2007/04/ap_missiledefensetest_070426/[/url]”>http://www.navytimes.com/news/2007/04/ap_missiledefensetest_070426/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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The U.S. military’s sea-based missile defense system on Thursday showed it could intercept two targets simultaneously when it destroyed a cruise missile and a short-range ballistic missile during a test off the Hawaiian island of Kauai.</p>

<p>The test marked eight out of 10 times the Missile Defense Agency and U.S. Navy’s Aegis ballistic missile defense system successfully intercepted targets. But it was the first time the system knocked out two targets at the same time…

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