

The first launch supporting Integrated Fires Mission Command as part of Program Executive Office for Missiles and Space launched, March 12, and the second test supporting the Missile Defense Agency rocketed skyward, March 29. The USASMDC Technical Center’s Test Team launched two Black Dagger targets in support of missile defense from Fort Wingate, New Mexico, during March. Army Space and Missile Defense Command target team leads the way for missile defense. (Photo Credit: Jason Cutshaw) VIEW ORIGINALįORT WINGATE, New Mexico – The U.S. Black Dagger is designed to fly a short range ballistic missile, or SRBM, ballistic flight path and built as ballistic missile target capable of threat-matching for use in advanced missile defense systems testing. Black Dagger consists of a Mark 70 Terrier first stage and a M124 second stage. The first launch supported IAMD and the second test supported the Missile Defense Agency on March 29.

Army Space and Missile Defense Command Technical Center’s Test Team launched two targets in support of missile defense from Fort Wingate, New Mexico, during March. A Black Dagger low-cost target launches from Fort Wingate, New Mexico, March 12 during a mission supporting Integrated Fires Mission Command as part of Program Executive Office for Missiles and Space.
