File:F-4J wilth FLAGE missile in flight near Holloman AFB 1986.jpg
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With Holloman Air Force Base, New Mexico (USA), in the background, a U.S. Navy McDonnell F-4J Phantom II carries the target vehicle for the sixth flight of the U.S. Army's Flexible Lightweight Agile Guided Experiment (FLAGE) Project toward White Sands Missile Range, on 27 June 1986. After the target was released from the aircraft, its rocket motor ignited, boosted it to the required velocity, and separated. Approximately 30 seconds after release, the FLAGE vehicle, guided by its built-in active millimeter wave radar and unique steering rockets, hit and destroyed the target. This was the first moving target for the U.S. Army Strategic Defense Command Project, which was aimed at validating technologies for the Strategic Defense Initiative Program to provide sufficient confidence that guidance accuracy could be achieved permitting non-nuclear intercept of ballistic missile reentry vehicles within the atmosphere. FLAGE led to the Extended Range Interceptor (ERINT). All programs were later incorporated into the Strategic Defense Initiative. |
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| Source | U.S. Navy National Museum of Naval Aviation photo No. 1996.253.7320.023 |
| Author | U.S. Navy |
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