U.S. Test Launches The Coyote Missile For First Time From The East Coast

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.