The HCS have announced that they have carried out a "nearly full" test of the Clone Space Missile. Launched by a Gale-III from a test silo near HCS GHQ the Nuclear Space Vehicle (not fitted with a warhead of course) then entered space and travelled to a test range 1.2 light years away. DDS telemetry analysis confirms the NSV reached 15c on it's superluminal stage. The NSV was deactivated and retrieved by a HCS warship.
The HCS say the test was "100% successful" and now the HCS will work up towards a full test of CSM later in the year which will be a full test and include a full power NSV (the DDS estimate it will be able to reach 350c). CSM is still on schedule to be operational by the end of the year.
