Greg
http://www.foxnews.com/js_index.sml?content=/national/100399/missile.sml
> A Raytheon-built Exoatmospheric Kill Vehicle, a
> 55-inch-long, 120-pound device sent skyward on
> a booster rocket, was launched from the Marshall
> Islands and then intercepted, collided with and
> destroyed a modified, unarmed intercontinental
> ballistic missile that had been fired 20 minutes
> earlier from California, 4,300 miles away.
>
> Observers said the resultant explosion 140 miles
> over the Pacific Ocean caused a vapor cloud of
> rainbow colors that could be seen for hundreds of
> miles. Inside the military observation room, it
> created a flurry of celebration.
-- Greg Bolcer email: gbolcer@endtech.com web: http://www.endtech.com work: 714.505.4970 cell: 714.928.5476 fax: 603.994.0516