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The target was a MINUTEMAN-boosted re-entry vehicle launched from Vandenberg AFB 4,500 miles (7,200 km) away on a trajectory so that it would impact north of Kwajalein Atoll in the central Pacific. The ARPA Lincoln C-Band Observables Radar (ALCOR) on Roi-Namur acquired and tracked the target before the HOE was launched, about 20 minutes into ... ................
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