Hera missile fired from Fort Wingate

GALLUP, N.M. (AP) - Army officials are evaluating whether a Patriot missile successfully intercepted a Hera missile launched Thursday from the former Fort Wingate Army Depot near Gallup to White Sands Missile Range in southern New Mexico.

A spokesman for the Huntsville, Ala.-based Army Program Executive Office for Missiles and Space, Dan O'Boyle, says the office was still gathering information from the test range and others.

White Sands Missile Range spokeswoman Monte Marlin says the Hera launched at 6:29 a.m. Thursday from northwestern New Mexico and its booster separated successfully over the Datil area.

She says two Advanced Patriot 2 missiles were launched from White Sands but says the Huntsville office must analyze the test to determine how successful it was.