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The United States on Friday ran a successful test of its ballistic missile defense system, the US Missile Defense Agency announced.

Updated : Nov 19, 2013, 11:17 PM IST

WASHINGTON: The United States on Friday ran a successful test of its ballistic missile defense system, the US Missile Defense Agency announced.

A long-range ballistic missile was launched from Kodiak, Alaska and hit by n interceptor sent up from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California.

"We had launch at 1:39 pm (2309 IST), we had intercept at 1:46 (2316 IST)," agency spokesman Chris Taylor said.

The missile defense system employs radar and satellites to detect enemy missile launches and guide interceptors to their targets.

The test was primarily to determine if the new ground-based interceptor could distinguish the target warhead from its launcher or a decoy.

Another test in late 2006 or early 2007 will have a principal goal of hitting the target weapon.

Today's test was the first launch of the ground-based interceptor from the Vandenberg base.

In a missile-defense test on June 22, the United States successfully intercepted a medium-range missile target launched from Hawaii.

That test came amid heightened international tension caused by North Korea's threats to test-fire missiles.

In early July Pyongyang fired six short- and medium-range missiles and a long-range missile, which all fell into the Sea of Japan (East Sea).

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