KEKAHA, Hawaii<\/strong> (CNN) \u2014 The Pentagon\u2019s Missile Defense Agency shot down a dummy target missile over the southern Pacific Ocean during a test of the U.S. missile defense shield early Saturday, according to an agency spokeswoman.<\/p>\nFirst, a dummy ballistic missile was fired from a U.S. mobile launch platform in the Pacific Ocean in a simulated attack.<\/p>\n
Moments later, an interceptor missile was fired from the agency\u2019s missile range facility on Hawaii\u2019s Kauai Island and struck the dummy warhead over the Pacific Ocean, military footage showed.<\/p>\n
The mobile, ground-based system is designed to protect the United States from short to intermediate-range high altitude ballistic missile attacks in the North American region, agency spokeswoman Pam Rogers said.<\/p>\n
The system \u201cintercepts missiles that are shorter range and at the end of their flight trajectory. It is part of the ballistic missile defense system, a layered system that is designed to intercept all types of missiles in all phases of flights,\u201d Rogers said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
After decades of investment, it looks like missile defense systems may actually be paying off. If they ever succeed in a real war scenario, they could save millions of lives and stablize the geopolitical situation. It\u2019s always good to applaud the developments of defense technologies (for actual defense), even if they aren\u2019t perfect.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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