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US completes 14th successful THAAD missile defense test

By Jamie McIntyre

Published July 11, 2017 11:47am ET

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US completes 14th successful THAAD missile defense test — In the latest THAAD test, a target missile designed to mimic the threat from North Korea was launched from a U.S. Air Force C-17 cargo plane flying over the Pacific Ocean, north of Hawaii. It was "detected, tracked and intercepted" by a THAAD anti-missile battery in Kodiak, Alaska. (Kim Jun-beom/Yonhap via AP) | Kim Jun-beom

America’s shield against intermediate range ballistic missiles continued its unbroken record of hits Tuesday, with a successful test in which a target missile was shot down over the Pacific Ocean by interceptor missile launched from Alaska.

“This was the 14th successful intercept in 14 attempts for the THAAD weapon system,” said the U.S. Missile Defense Agency in a release early Tuesday morning.

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