Test Failure Sets Back US Missile Defense Plan
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President Bush&#39;s drive to deploy a multibillion-dollar shield against ballistic missiles was set back on Wednesday by what critics called a stunning failure of its first full flight test in two years.
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The weapon that the Pentagon wants to use to shoot down a failing satellite is well-tested.  But its one weakness could pose a problem, as the military tries to take that satellite out.
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The United States needs a shield against what it sees as a growing missile threat from Iran, despite a recent report showing it had halted its nuclear weapons program, a U.S. official said on Thursday.
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The test failure last month of the Bush administration's new missile defense system resulted from a "very minor" computer software glitch that can be easily corrected and will have no effect on the system's ability to defend the United States against attack, the general in charge of the Pentagon program said Wednesday.
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Target missile doesn't make target The latest test of the Pentagon's controversial space ICBM interceptors has been aborted after the target failed to work.â¦
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A number of top U.S-based physicists have concluded the United States used inaccurate claims to reassure NATO allies about U.S. missile defense plans in Eastern Europe
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US missile defence gets serious Analysis The US intends a further test of its ballistic-missile defence system, as haggling over budgets and where ground stations will be based continues.â¦
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ANCHORAGE, Alaska - A limited US national missile-defence system is not expected to be activated until at least early 2005, missing President George W. Bush&#39;s year-end goal, a military spokesman said Friday.
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India&#039;s first test-firing of a new nuclear-capable missile was unsuccessful, the defense minister said Monday.
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Â· President tells of new generation of weaponsÂ· 'Grandiose' plan to combat US missile shield
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WASHINGTON - A major test of the US missile defence system has failed. The test was the first in almost two years and it never got off the ground.
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Democrats in Congress are building a legislative roadblock to the Bush administration's plan to place elements of a missile defense system in Poland and the Czech Republic.
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Latest setback for the Bush administration's effort to build a system for defending the country against ballistic missile attack fuels doubts about the system.
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Bad weather forces the US to cancel the first full flight test of its national missile defence system in nearly two years.
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Analysis: Just as the U.S. missile-defense system has yet to prove itself effective, so too have Washington's policies for dealing with the reclusive regime
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WASHINGTON, Dec. 15 - An important test of the United States&#39; fledgling missile defense system ended in failure early Wednesday as an interceptor rocket failed to launch on cue from the Marshall Islands, the Pentagon said.
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An important test of the United States' fledgling missile defense system ended in failure early Wednesday, the Pentagon said.