WASHINGTON – The US Navy has published a video on Twitter showing the testlaunch of a GQM-163A Coyote missile from Wallops Flight Facility inVirginia.
The military noted that this was the first launch of the missile, which isa supersonic sea-skimming target, from the East Coast.
The GQM-163 Coyote is built by Orbital Scienceslink,which is a subsidiary of the Northrop Grumman Corporation aerospace anddefence technology giant, Sputnik has reported.
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Besides the US, the missile is currently operated by France, Australia, andJapan.
