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Also ich bin mir sehr sicher das schon bei mindestens einem Test in der Vergangenheit Ballons eingesetzt wurden.

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IFT-8, on 5 March 2002, achieved an intercept in the most complex test to date, which included a single warhead and three decoys. This test was initially scheduled for mid-2001, and as of mid-2000 this test was the first test in which the operational Ground Based Interceptor booster could be used to launch the EKV, replacing the stand-in Payload Launch Vehicle (PLV) used in earlier tests. In fact, the surrogate PLV launcher was used, given continuing problems with the operational booster.

IFT-9, on 14 October 2002, was a successful intercept test of the ground-based system. The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) announced it has successfully completed a flight test of the ground-based midcourse defense (GMD) development program, intercepting an intercontinental ballistic missile target. The test was first scheduled for late 2001, and then for for mid-August 2002. It was further delayed when concerns developed over the exhaust nozzles on the first and second rocket motors of the two-stage interceptor. Due to a helium leak in Raytheon's Exoatmospheric Kill Vehicle, there was a further delay in the test schedule. On 20 August 2002, DoD announced that the test would be postponed 30-45 days, to permit replacement of the rocket motors on the Minuteman booster. The test used a surrogate enemy missile warhead smaller than that used in previous tests, which was harder to detect and destroy. The test contained roughly the same number of decoy balloons as the previous one in March 2002, which added two small decoy balloons to the single large one used earlier.

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Trotzdem, sehr gut das das System sich in einem weiteren Test beweisen konnte.
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