(AP file photo)KODIAK, Alaska (AP) -- The US will conduct as soon as next weekend another test of a missile defence system meant to counter threats from North Korea. The US Missile Defence Agency successfully completed a Flight Test THAAD-18 operation from Kodiak earlier this month. That test “validated THAAD's ability to intercept intermediate range ballistic missiles,'' said Chris Johnson, US Missile Defence Agency director of public affairs. A second test from the site, called the FTT-15, will test the system's ability to intercept a medium-range ballistic missile within the earth's atmosphere, said Leah Garton of US Missile Defence Agency public affairs. THAAD systems have been placed in Guam and South Korea to counter missile threats from North Korea.

Source: Bangkok Post July 23, 2017 07:07 UTC