{"id":2378891,"date":"2024-12-11T12:20:01","date_gmt":"2024-12-11T17:20:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/us-carries-out-ballistic-missile-interception-test-in-guam-for-first-time-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-12-11T12:22:36","modified_gmt":"2024-12-11T17:22:36","slug":"us-carries-out-ballistic-missile-interception-test-in-guam-for-first-time-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/us-carries-out-ballistic-missile-interception-test-in-guam-for-first-time-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"US carries out ballistic missile interception test in Guam for first time &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fus-carries-out-ballistic-missile-interception-test-in-guam-for-first-time-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2378891&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ray-epps-charged-with-misdemeanor-over-j6-capitol-protest\/\" title=\"Ray Epps faces misdemeanor charges for his involvement in the J6 Capitol protest.\">provided text appears<\/a> to be a fragment of HTML code that includes a &#8220;Read\u200b more&#8221; \u2064button, which, when clicked, likely displays additional data \u2062hidden by default. 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Greg Huffman, the commander of Joint Task Force-Micronesia, said the test marked a &ldquo;critical milestone&rdquo; in that it &ldquo;confirmed our ability to detect, track, and engage a target missile in flight, increasing our readiness to defend against evolving adversary threats.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The Aegis Guam System, utilizing an AN\/TPY-6 radar to track the target, used a vertical launching system to fire a Standard Missile-3 Block IIA to intercept an <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">air-launched incoming medium-range ballistic missile flying<\/a> over the ocean near Andersen Air Force Base.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;This is a tremendous group effort and provides a glimpse of how organizations within the Department of Defense have come together to defend our homeland&nbsp;Guam&nbsp;now and in the future,&rdquo; MDA Director Lt. Gen. Heath Collins said. &ldquo;Collectively, we will use this to build upon and validate joint tracking architecture and integrated air and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-releases-list-of-president-trumps-accomplishments-and-it-is-historic\/\" title=\"White House Releases List of President Trump\u2019s Accomplishments \u2013  And It Is Historic!\">missile defense capabilities<\/a> for&nbsp;Guam. Thanks to all of those involved, especially the people and government of&nbsp;Guam.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"&nbsp;\">&nbsp;<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Guam poses strategic importance to the United States due to its location in the Pacific region. 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