{"id":26508,"date":"2017-11-07T17:23:04","date_gmt":"2017-11-07T17:23:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/uncategorized\/2017\/11\/07\/final-ground-based-missile-defense-interceptor-in-place-at-fort-greely\/"},"modified":"2026-08-07T22:06:44","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T22:06:44","slug":"final-ground-based-missile-defense-interceptor-in-place-at-fort-greely","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/flashpoints\/2017\/11\/07\/final-ground-based-missile-defense-interceptor-in-place-at-fort-greely\/","title":{"rendered":"US installs final ground-based missile interceptor to counter ICBM threat"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">WASHINGTON \u2014 The final ground-based interceptor for the Ground-based Midcourse Defense system \u2014 designed to protect the homeland from intercontinental ballistic missiles threats from North Korea and Iran \u2014 is now in place at Fort Greely, Alaska, the U.S. Missile Defense Agency has confirmed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cMDA and Boeing emplaced the 44th interceptor in its silo at the Missile Defense Complex at Ft. 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Previous tests had featured intermediate-range ballistic missile targets that approached ICBM speeds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><i>[<a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/space\/2017\/05\/30\/missile-takedown-historic-icbm-intercept-test-sends-strong-message-to-north-korea\/\" title=\"\" class=\"\" data-original-title=\"\">Missile takedown: Historic ICBM intercept test sends strong message to North Korea<\/a>]<br><\/i><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The much-anticipated test follows a series of successes and failures. Trouble with the interceptor\u2019s exo-atmospheric kill vehicle, designed to destroy targets in high-speed collisions after separating from a booster rocket, plagued the program.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The test and the installation of all 44 ground-based interceptors could not come at a more important time, as North Korea continues to increase its testing both in frequency and capability and the country\u2019s rhetoric against the United States grows more bellicose.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Pentagon and the MDA have indicated in recent months a serious move to build up beyond 44 interceptors. In September, the Pentagon proposed reprogramming $136 million in fiscal 2017 to start raising the number of ground-based interceptors from 44 to 64 in a new Missile Field 4 at Fort Greely. 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