ICBM intercept test of the Ground-based Midcourse Defense (GMD) element Vandenberg AFB, California

Published: 31 May 2017
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[video: Air Force Space Command]

The U.S. Missile Defense Agency, in cooperation with the U.S. Air Force 30th Space Wing, the Joint Functional Component Command for Integrated Missile Defense and U.S. Northern Command, today successfully intercepted an intercontinental ballistic missile target during a test of the Ground-based Midcourse Defense (GMD) element of the nation's ballistic missile defense system. A ground-based interceptor was launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, and its exo-atmospheric kill vehicle intercepted and destroyed the target in a direct collision. Visit https://www.mda.mil for more info.

Date Taken: 05.30.2017
Date Posted: 05.31.2017 10:37
Category: B-Roll
Video ID: 528615
VIRIN: 170530-O-AO981-276
Filename: DOD_104429262
Length: 00:01:14
Location: US

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ICBM intercept test of the Ground-based Midcourse Defense (GMD) element Vandenberg AFB, California

United States Strategic Command; 30th Space Wing (Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif.)

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