The #Navy conducted the first East Coast launch of the GQM-163A Coyote Supersonic Sea Skimming Target from @NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia Sept. 12 as part of a fleet missile exercise, known as MSLEX https://t.co/wyeUFeLg5v pic.twitter.com/OBF7vsrUR7— NAVAIR (@NAVAIRNews) September 24, 2019
Sputnik: Watch US Launch GQM-163A Coyote Missile For First Time From East Coast
Earlier this month, the US Defence Department announced that the Orbital Sciences Corp (OSC) had been awarded more than $1.1 billion in order to provide the US military with target missiles.
The US Navy has published a video on Twitter showing the test launch of a GQM-163A Coyote missile from Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia as part of an exercise.
The military noted that this was the first launch of the missile, which is a supersonic sea-skimming target, from the East Coast.
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WNU Editor: This is a supersonic sea-skimming target.
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