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| Keywords: F-4J wilth FLAGE missile in flight near Holloman AFB 1986.jpg 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 <br>FLAGE led to the Extended Range Interceptor ERINT All programs were later incorporated into the Strategic Defense Initiative http //collections naval aviation museum/emuwebdoncoms/pages/doncoms/AdvQuery php U S Navy National Museum of Naval Aviation photo No http //collections naval aviation museum/emuwebdoncoms/pages/doncoms/Display php irn 34389 QueryPage 2Femuwebdoncoms 2Fpages 2Fdoncoms 2FAdvQuery php 1996 253 7320 023 1986-06-27 U S Navy PD-USGov-Military-Navy F-4J Phantom II Aerial photographs of F-4 Phantom II in flight Holloman Air Force Base Strategic Defense Initiative | ||||
