Acer, Chris used the term "CONUS" - that means continental US. The target
bird, an unarmed but otherwise stock
Minuteman was launched from Vandenburg AFB - that's what you saw and
photographed. The interceptor kill vehicle
was launched from Kwajalein atoll in the Marshall Islands group aboard a
two-stage derivative of a Minutman
ICBM. The Minuteman reentry vehicle and the kill vehicle met much nearer
Kwajalein than California.
Gary
Acer Victoria wrote:
> On Wed, 13 Oct 1999, Gregg Iverson wrote:
>
> :The newspaper drawing of the test was of the target being intercepted
> :from Marshall Is.
> :
> :
> :Chris Barker wrote:
> :
> :> I understood that the missile was launched from the CONUS and intercepted
> by an ABM from the Marshall Is.
>
> Then what took off from Cal? I don't watch the news or read the paper (if
> there's anything really big, radio programs will announce it; else, I get
> whatever I need from _TIME_).
>
> /Acer "steppenwolf" Victoria
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