21. After 22 minutes, the interceptor missile was launched from Kwajalein Atoll in the South Pacific. 22. On 6 March 2009 DRDO carried out a second successful test of the PAD interceptor missile . 23. The United States plans to have a handful of interceptor missiles operational in Alaska this fall. 24. The U . S . planned to have 21 interceptor missiles by the end of 2007. 25. Fort Greely would be an interceptor missile base. 26. The system consists of ground-based interceptor missiles and radar which would intercept incoming warheads in space. 27. Interceptor missile hits target as planned, Pentagon says28. That more than doubled the likelihood that the interceptor missile would hit the target, the report said. 29. He stopped short of saying two failures would delay deployment of the first interceptor missiles in Alaska. 30. First, the target missile was heated, presenting a larger bulls-eye for heat-seeking sensors on an interceptor missile .