RIA Novosti: US conducted first missile shield tests during NATO Summit in Bucharest

On April 2 the United States successfully tested the missile shield system, under the code name Successful Trip 196, US Missile Defense Head Henry Obering announced. According to a press release remitted to news agency RIA Novosti, the missile was launched at Vanderberg base in California with a strictly training objective.

No missile interception procedure was applied during the test, according to the source.