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SM-3IIA Missile Intercepts ICBM Target in Test

SM-3IIA Missile Intercepts ICBM Target in Test

The U.S. Missile Defense Agency (MDA), and U.S. Navy sailors aboard an Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) System-equipped destroyer intercepted and destroyed a threat-representative Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) target with a Standard Missile-3 (SM-3) Block IIA missile during a flight…
Arianespace’s Vega Launcher Fails on 17th Flight

Arianespace’s Vega Launcher Fails on 17th Flight

Eight minutes after liftoff of Vega mission VV17, following the first ignition of the engine of the Avum upper stage, a deviation of trajectory was identified, entailing the loss of the mission.

Telemetry data analyses are in progress to determine the cause of this failure.

There will be a pre…


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