U.S. Missile Defense System Flunks Test
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A test of the national missile defense system failed Monday when an interceptor missile did not launch from its island base in the Pacific Ocean, the military said. It was the second failure in months for the experimental program.
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An attempt to launch an interceptor missile as part of the US missile defence shield failed early Wednesday in the first test of the system in nearly two years.
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The U.S. military shot down a target   ballistic missile over the Pacific Friday in the widest test of   its emerging antimissile shield in 18 months, a witness to the   test told Reuters.
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Pakistan conducted another test of a nuclear-capable, surface-to-surface ballistic missile on Wednesday as part of its efforts to boost defenses, an official statement said.
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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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THE first test in nearly two years of a multi-billion-dollar US anti-missile shield failed yesterday when the interceptor missile shut down on its launch pad in the central Pacific.
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Central European Social Democrat parties rejected on Thursday a U.S. plan to build part of its missile defense shield in Poland and the Czech Republic, saying it threatened to bring about a new arms race.
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The Missile Defense Agency announced today it was unable to complete a planned flight test after the interceptor missile experienced an anomaly shortly before it was to be launched from the Ronald Reagan Test Site, Republic of the Marshall Islands, in the
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The countryÂs missile defense system passed a crucial test today, the Pentagon announced.
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THE first test in nearly two years of a multi-billion-dollar United States anti-missile shield failed yesterday when an interceptor missile shut down as it prepared to launch in the central Pacific, the Pentagon said.
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A drill planned to demonstrate the Navy's ability to knock down two incoming missiles at once from the same ship failed off Hawaii's coast on Thursday, the U.S. Missile Defense Agency said.
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Defense Secretary Robert Gates' assertion that the Bush administration will not replace its plan for a missile defense system in Eastern Europe with Russia's counterproposal for a radar site in Azerbaijan was met Friday with silence.
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The U.S. military shot down a target   ballistic missile over the Pacific on Friday in the widest test   of its emerging anti-missile shield in 18 months, the Defense   Department announced.
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Russia's new proposal for a missile defense system in Europe is far afield from what the United States has in mind and unlikely to garner much support, defense analysts said Thursday.
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While a Defense Department spokesman Wednesday called the botched $85 million test of the national missile defense system an &quot;anomaly,&quot; a former Pentagon weapons tester told
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The first test in nearly two years of a multibillion-dollar US anti-missile shield failed on Wednesday when the interceptor missile shut down as it prepared to launch in
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Although only a test, the failure of the US National Missile defense Program yesterday was seen as a major setback for the program.