Matt Molnar
2007-12-05, 12:25 AM
Associated Press:
US jet intercepts ballistic missile for first time: officials (http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=071204233530.iix59uhf&show_article=1)
Dec 4 07:35 PM US/Eastern
A US F-16 fighter used an air-to-air missile to destroy a sounding rocket in its boost phase for the first time this week in a test of a new missile defense concept, US spokesmen said Tuesday.
The system -- named the Net-Centric Airborne Defense Element (NCDE) -- breaks new ground in that it would arm fighter aircraft or drones with missiles fast enough to intercept a ballistic missile as it lifts into space.
The aircraft would have to get to within a 100 miles of the launch site to catch the ascending missile in the first two to three minutes after launch. Read More... (http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=071204233530.iix59uhf&show_article=1)
US jet intercepts ballistic missile for first time: officials (http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=071204233530.iix59uhf&show_article=1)
Dec 4 07:35 PM US/Eastern
A US F-16 fighter used an air-to-air missile to destroy a sounding rocket in its boost phase for the first time this week in a test of a new missile defense concept, US spokesmen said Tuesday.
The system -- named the Net-Centric Airborne Defense Element (NCDE) -- breaks new ground in that it would arm fighter aircraft or drones with missiles fast enough to intercept a ballistic missile as it lifts into space.
The aircraft would have to get to within a 100 miles of the launch site to catch the ascending missile in the first two to three minutes after launch. Read More... (http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=071204233530.iix59uhf&show_article=1)