U.S. Interceptor Missile Fails to Launch in Test
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President Bush's planned ballistic  missile shield suffered another setback on Monday when an  interceptor missile again failed to launch during a test of the  U.S. missile defense system.
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US Defense Department officials say an anti-missile defense system test failed early Wednesday when an interceptor missile shut down on its launch pad in the Pacific Ocean.
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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 US says it has intercepted a dummy long-range missile in a test of its missile defence system.
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A test of interceptor missiles as part of the planned US defence shield fails for the second time in two months.
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missile shut down as it prepared to launch in the central Pacific, the Pentagon says. statement from the Missile defence Agency on Wednesday.
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Description: An interceptor missile in the Pentagon&#39;s missile defense program fails to deploy in a test Wednesday. NPR&#39;s Michele Norris talks with a major critic of the current missile defense program, Philip Coyle.
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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 company successfully tests an in-flight anti-missile weapon.
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A missile test costing more than $100 million has gone severely wrong in the United States long-running project for a so-called &quot;son of Star Wars&quot; missile defence system.
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U.S. space hawks seize on China's anti-satellite missile test. Luke O'Brien reports from Washington.
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President Bush'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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Interceptor missiles deployed in Poland as part of a US missile defense shield would be fast enough to target Russian intercontinental missiles, contrary to US assurances, a US researcher said Thursday.
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BEIJING, Dec. 23 -- US heavy-lift rockets, the Boeing Delta 4 Heavy, failed during a test flight to put a dummy satellite into its intended orbit, which only signifies a partial success.
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WASHINGTON - An important test of the United States&#39; emerging missile-defense system ended in an $85 million failure early Wednesday as an interceptor rocket failed to launch as scheduled from the Marshall Islands, the Pentagon said.
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WASHINGTON - The military is in the final stages of readying its national ballistic missile defense system, with officials predicting it will be activated before year's end. But several questions remain, including how well the experimental missile interceptors work...
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The first planned launch attempt on Friday December 14 was pushed back due to poor weather conditions. The launch team is now awaiting the first available date on the range to reschedule the launch.