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 IBCS Defeats 2 Missiles in Flight – But 100s In Simulation

Thursday's near-simultaneous intercept of a cruise missile and a ballistic missile was far from the hardest thing the IBCS battalion has done.
By   Sydney J. Freedberg Jr. on August 21, 2020 at 8:29 AM
 

WASHINGTON: The Army’s new missile defense network just passed its second live-fire flight test in two weeks. Once again, IBCS coordinated the near-simultaneous shootdown of two target drones.

But “it is so much more than shooting at two missiles,” said Gen. Joseph Martin, the Army Vice-Chief of Staff, who visited White Sands Missile Range with Under Secretary James McPherson to observe Thursday morning’s test.

https://breakingdefense.com/2020/08/ibcs-defeats-2-missiles-in-flight-but-100s-in-simulation/