Thursday, July 13, 2006

Las Cruces Sun-News - White Sands missile test phenomenal'

Las Cruces Sun-News - White Sands missile test phenomenal': "WHITE SANDS MISSILE RANGE — It was a picture-perfect pre-dawn Wednesday and a picture-perfect launch at White Sands Missile Range.

Hundreds of miles above southern New Mexico, it was a picture-perfect impact between two missiles.

The morning sky above the Tularosa Basin was painted in every color of the rainbow — hues ranging from iridescent purples to emerald greens and pastel blues, pinks and electric whites against the darkness of space.

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.'"

1 comment:

MeaninglessHotAir said...

I don't doubt that a missile can hit a missile. I very much doubt that we can find the missile to hit within the time frame available. I have good reason to do so.