Watch US Launch GQM-163A Coyote Missile For First Time From East Coast

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The GQM-163A Coyote Supersonic Sea-Skimming Target test launch - Sputnik International
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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.

​The GQM-163 Coyote is built by Orbital Sciences, which is a subsidiary of the Northrop Grumman Corporation aerospace and defence technology giant. Besides the US, the missile is currently operated by France, Australia, and Japan.

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