US Military Tests Missile Interceptors in California

The US Missile Defense Agency launched two ground-based test missile interceptors against an ICBM-class target on March 25 in Vandenberg, California.

A target, launched from the Marshall Islands, was shot down by two California-based interceptors that destroyed the target as “they were designed to do,” DVIDS said.

The operation was carried out in cooperation with the Joint Functional Component Command for Integrated Missile Defense, US Northern Command and elements of the US Air Force.

This footage, made available by DVIDS, shows the launch of the interceptors from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California and the moment of impact with the missile. Credit: DVIDS/Lisa Simunaci via Storyful