It is noted that in the framework of the missile defense exercises, an intercontinental missile was successfully shot down.
It is specified that these were the first volley tests of this kind.
"The intercontinental target missile depicting the threat was launched from the Reagan test site on the Kwajalein Atoll in the Republic of the Marshall Islands, more than 4,000 miles from land-based interceptor missiles launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California," the agency.
Earlier, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia evaluated the reports of the American media about the Pentagon’s intention to conduct anti-missile tests of the SM-3 Block IIA to intercept an intercontinental ballistic missile.