US Flight Tests Lower-Cost Interceptor


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On November 9, the U.S. Army conducted its first flight test of the Lower-cost Air Defense (LowerAD) surface-to-air missile. According to the Army’s Combat Capabilities Development Command, the flight test, scheduled against a ballistic test vehicle, was successful. Under development since the mid-2010s, LowerAD is a smaller, shorter missile designed to counter unmanned aerial systems and cruise missiles.

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Masao Dahlgren, "US Flight Tests Lower-Cost Interceptor," Missile Threat, Center for Strategic and International Studies, November 9, 2020, last modified November 9, 2020, https://missilethreat.csis.org/us-flight-tests-lower-cost-interceptor/.