Air-launched anti-ballistic missile target composed of two surplus SR19 states in tandem.

The LRALT program was managed by the Missile Defense Agency Targets and Countermeasures Directorate and developed for MDA by the US Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center and L3/Coleman Aerospace Corp. LRALT is based on two Minuteman II second stages taken from deactivated assets. The delivery system is air-extracted from a C-17 for launch on any azimuth. LRALT was developed as a target for realistic testing of the Ballistic Missile Defense System using air-launch as a method to relieve the test constraints imposed by fixed ground launch sites.

Manufacturer: Coleman. Launches: 2. First Launch Date: 2004-05-03. Last Launch Date: 2005-09-26. Apogee: 300 km (180 mi). Liftoff Thrust: 267.000 kN (60,023 lbf). Total Mass: 15,000 kg (33,000 lb). Core Diameter: 1.32 m (4.33 ft). Total Length: 15.50 m (50.80 ft).

2004 May 3 - 04:06 GMT - Launch Site: Barking Sands. Launch Complex: C-17. Launch Vehicle: LRALT.

• LRALT Demo Test mission Nation: USA. Agency: USA. Apogee: 300 km (180 mi). Air-launched from a C-17. The LRALT missile boosted a simulated reentry vehicle from a point just south of Midway Island to the vicinity of Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands. References: 1951.

• Cobra Dane Test Nation: USA. Agency: Missile Defense Agency. Manufacturer: Lockheed Martin Space Systems. Air-launched from a C-17. Missile Defense Radar Technology target.