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From The The Associated Press
http://www.newsday.com/news/nationw...77444.story?coll=sns-ap-nationworld-headlines
U.S. Missile Defense Test Aborted
By Associated Press
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. --
A test of the nation's long-range missile defense system was aborted
Friday when a target rocket failed to fly high enough to trigger the
interceptor missile, officials said.
The dummy warhead, launched from Alaska, fell into the Pacific Ocean.
The interceptor missile was at least eight minutes from launch in
California and never fired, the Air Force said.
The interceptor was supposed to try to collide with the old
intercontinental ballistic missile high over the Pacific.
The cause of the target failure, the first in the test program, was
unknown.
The test will be repeated this summer, Lt. Gen. Henry Obering III,
director of the Missile Defense Agency, said in a statement.
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It's only money, folks.
Harry
http://www.newsday.com/news/nationw...77444.story?coll=sns-ap-nationworld-headlines
U.S. Missile Defense Test Aborted
By Associated Press
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. --
A test of the nation's long-range missile defense system was aborted
Friday when a target rocket failed to fly high enough to trigger the
interceptor missile, officials said.
The dummy warhead, launched from Alaska, fell into the Pacific Ocean.
The interceptor missile was at least eight minutes from launch in
California and never fired, the Air Force said.
The interceptor was supposed to try to collide with the old
intercontinental ballistic missile high over the Pacific.
The cause of the target failure, the first in the test program, was
unknown.
The test will be repeated this summer, Lt. Gen. Henry Obering III,
director of the Missile Defense Agency, said in a statement.
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It's only money, folks.
Harry
