US carries out successful THAAD remote launcher test
(VOVWORLD) - The US carried out a successful intercept test of the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) system, the first using a remote launcher kit, the Missile Defense Agency said.
 A THAAD interceptor launches from the Reagan Test Site, Kwajalein Atoll in the Republic of the Marshall Islands, during Flight Test THAAD-23, August 30, 2019. (Photo: US Missile Defense Agency) |
It was deployed in South Korea, a move condemned by China, North Korea, and Russia.
The test was carried out in the Republic of the Marshall Islands on Friday. MDA spokesperson Mark Wright said preliminary indications are that planned flight test objectives were achieved and the target was successfully intercepted by the THAAD weapon system. It was the 16th successful test of 16 THAAD system interceptions.