"Star Wars" Anti-Missile Defense Passes Another Test

Another successful test of the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) missile defense system this morning at the White Sands MissileRange in New Mexico. The Las Cruces Sun-News has more:

The pre-dawn art show was the result of the third of five tests planned at White Sands Missile Range to determine the effectiveness of THAAD — Terminal High Altitude Area Defense missile. And military officials said the test went better than they could have hoped.

"This was phenomenal," said U.S. Army Col. Charles Driessnack, the project manager for the Missile Defense Agency's THAAD program. "It performed as expected."

The test demonstrated the THAAD's ability to "completely destroy that warhead so that no chemical or nuclear residue would contaminate areas" below the explosion, Driessnack said.

Note to North Korea, Iran and Hezbollah/Hamas terrorists: Pay Attention!

Resources:

• Lockheed Martin press release for July 12 test.
• U.S. Missile Defense Agency News.