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U.S. Missile Defense Intercept Testing History
(since October 1999)

	Range	Hits	Misses	No Test Due To Target Failure	Success %	Total
Ground-Based
GBI	Long-range	8	7	1	53%	16
THAAD	Short-range / Medium-range	7	0	3	100%	10
PAC-3	Short-range	9	3	0	75%	12
TOTAL		23	10	4	71%	37

Sea-Based
Aegis/SM-3	Short-range / Medium-range	17*	4	0	85%	21
Aegis/SM-2	Short-range / Medium-range	3	0	0	100%	3
TOTAL		20	4	0	92.5%	24

Air-Based
NCADE Airborne Laser	Short-range / Medium-range / Long-range Short-range / Medium-range / Long-range	1 3	0 0	0 0	100% 100%	1 3

Total	(All Systems)	48	14	4	77%	66

*includes Satellite Shootdown on February 21, 2008

U.S. Missile Defense Testing Record for 2010*

	Range	Hits	Misses	No Test Due To the Target Failure	Success %	Total
Ground-Based
GBI	Long-range	0	1	0	0%	1
THAAD	Short-range / Medium-range	1	0	0	100%	1
PAC-3	Short-range	1	0	0	100%	1
Total		2	1	0	66%	3

Sea-Based
Aegis/SM-3	Short-range / Medium-range	0	0	0	-	-
Aegis/SM-2	Short-range / Medium-range	0	0	0	-	-
TOTAL		0	0	0	-	-

Air-Based
NCADE Airborne Laser	Short-range / Medium-range Short-range / Medium-range / Long-range	0 3	0 0	0 0	- 100%	- 3

Total	(All Systems)	4	1	0	80%	5

* Data will be updated through the course of the year.

U.S. Missile Defense Testing Record for 2009

	Range	Hits	Misses	No Test Due To the Target Failure	Success %	Total
Ground-Based
GBI	Long-range	0	0	0	---	0
THAAD	Short-range / Medium-range	1	0	1	100%	2
PAC-3	Short-range	1	1	0	50%	4
Total		2	1	1	75%	4

Sea-Based
Aegis/SM-3	Short-range / Medium-range	2	0	0	100%	2
Aegis/SM-2	Short-range / Medium-range	1	0	0	100%	1
TOTAL		3	0	0	100%	3

Air-Based
NCADE	Short-range / Medium-range	0	0	0	---	0

Total	(All Systems)	5	0	1	100%	6

U.S. Missile Defense Testing Record for 2008

	Range	Hits	Misses	No Test Due To the Target Failure	Success %	Total
Ground-Based
GBI	Long-range	1	0	0	100%	1
THAAD	Short-range / Medium-range	1	0	1	100%	2
PAC-3	Short-range	2**	0	0	100%	2
Total		4	0	1	100%	5

Sea-Based
Aegis/SM-3	Short-range / Medium-range	1*	2	0	33%	3
Aegis/SM-2	Short-range / Medium-range	1	0	0	100%	1
TOTAL		3	1	0	67%	4

Air-Based
NCADE	Short / Medium Range	0	0	0	---	0

Total	(All Systems)	6	1	1	84%	8

* Two joint tests with the Japanese and the German armies

** includes Satellite Shootdown on February 21, 2008 (one succesful intercept, one failed intercept)

U.S. Missile Defense Testing Record for 2007

	Range	Hits	Misses	No Test Due To the Target Failure	Success %	Total
Ground-Based
GBI	Long-range	1	0	1	100%	2
THAAD	Short-range / Medium-range	3	0	0	100%	3
PAC-3	Short-range	1	0	0	100%	1
Total		5	0	1	100%	6

Sea-Based
Aegis/SM-3	Short-range / Medium-range	5*	0	0	100%	5

Air-Based
NCADE	Short-range / Medium-range	1	0	0	100%	1

Total	(All Systems)	11	0	1	100%	12

* Including a dual inercept on November 6, 2007

International Missile Defense Testing History

(Since December 2007)

Japanese Testing Record

	Range	Hits	Misses	No Test Due to the Target Failure	Success %	Total
Japanese Sea-Based Tests
Aegis	Short-range / Medium-range	2	1	0	67%	3

Japanese Ground-Based Tests
PAC-3	Short-range	1	0	0	100%	1
Total	(All Systems)	3	1	0	84%	4

German Testing Record