Defense/USA. Missile Defense Agency successfully tests new booster for homeland missile defense system (Jen Judson, Defense News)

A threat-representative ICBM target launches from the Ronald Reagan Ballistic Missile Defense Test Site on Kwajalein Atoll in the Republic of the Marshall Islands March 25, 2019. It was successfully intercepted by two long-range Ground-based Interceptors launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif., in the first salvo test of GBIs. (Missile Defense Agency)

The Missile Defense Agency successfully launched a mock-up of a kill vehicle with a new three-stage booster designed to enhance the performance of the interceptors that make up the Ground-Based Midcourse Defense System in a Sept. 12 flight test, according to an agency statement.

The GMD system is designed to protect the homeland from intercontinental ballistic missiles from Iran and North Korea.

Missile Defense Agency successfully tests new booster for homeland missile defense system (defensenews.com)