U.S. Ballistic Missile Test Expected in May

The United States plans separate tests of an intercontinental ballistic missile and an antimissile interceptor this month, ITAR-Tass reported yesterday (see GSN, April 28).

“The Russian side has been notified of all space launches planned by the Americans,” sources in the Russian Defense Ministry said yesterday.

Integrated flight tests of the ground-based missile interceptor have been scheduled at the Ronald Reagan missile range on the Marshall Islands, according to one Russian defense official. The interceptor will be aimed at a target fired from Alaska, ITAR-Tass reported.

U.S. officials also plan to launch a Minuteman 3 missile from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California to strike a target on the Kwajalein Atoll of the Marshall Islands, the official said (ITAR-Tass, May 11).

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