COLLECTED BY
Organization:
Alexa Crawls
Starting in 1996,
Alexa Internet has been donating their crawl data to the Internet Archive. Flowing in every day, these data are added to the
Wayback Machine after an embargo period.
this data is currently not publicly accessible.
The Wayback Machine - https://web.archive.org/web/20060623163359/http://www.wsmr.army.mil:80/pao/HistoricPhotos/PAGES/ERINT.htm
ERINT -- Extended Range Interceptor
ERINT launch at White Sands. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
ERINT intercept with Storm target on Nov. 30, 1993. Storm simulated a theater ballistic missile. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
The ERINT program was part of the Strategic Defense Initiative's Theater Missile Defense Program. It was an extension of the Flexible Lightweight Agile Guided Experiment (FLAGE), which included developing hit-to-kill technology and demonstrating the guidance accuracy of a small, agile, radar-homing vehicle.
At White Sands in 1987, FLAGE succeeded in scoring a direct hit against a Lance missile in flight.
The ERINT tested at White Sands was a prototype missile similar to the FLAGE. However it used a new solid-propellant rocket motor which allowed ERINT to fly faster and higher than FLAGE. The ERINT was 15.7 feet long, 10 inches in diameter and weighed about 700 pounds.
The ERINT was subsequently chosen as the Patriot Advanced Capability-3 (PAC-3) missile. The first developmental test flight of the PAC-3 at White Sands was conducted on Sept. 29, 1997.
