Defense Missile for U.S. System Fails to Launch
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An important test of the United States' fledgling missile defense system ended in failure early Wednesday, the Pentagon said.
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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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By Sonja Barisic  ATLANTIC, Va. - The launch of a rocket carrying two satellites for the Air Force and NASA was scrubbed early Monday because of a problem with the software for one of the satellites, officials said.
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The United States failed in a planned missile defense flight test on Wednesday as the interceptor missile shut down on its launch pad in the central Pacific, local media reported.
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A U.S. Army unit mistakenly launched a Patriot PAC-3 antiaircraft missile from an American base in the Persian Gulf country of Qatar, U.S. military officials said.
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.  - A rocket carrying an intelligence-gathering payload for the Pentagon suffered a technical problem after its launch, officials said.
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'HyFly' crashes, fails to burn An innovative hypersonics programme has suffered a failure, with a prototype scramjet missile failing to perform properly and crashing into the Pacific after less than a minute in the air.â¦
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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 attempt by the U.S. Navy to use an anti-missile missile to shoot down a potentially hazardous satellite will cost between $40 million and $60 million, Pentagon officials told CNN on Friday.
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A test of a missile defense system successfully intercepted a ballistic target, the U.S. military said on Saturday, a boost to development of an anti-missile shield program.
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The Pentagon failed to meet its goal  of declaring a missile defense system operational in 2004 and  critics said failures in testing the ambitious system show it  simply does not work.
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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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The looming U.S. Navy attempt to shoot down a dying satellite could demonstrate an anti-satellite capability for its missile defense system.
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The first test in nearly two years  of a multibillion-dollar U.S. anti-missile shield failed on  Wednesday when the interceptor missile shut down on its launch  pad in the central Pacific, the Pentagon said.
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- A new heavy-duty Boeing rocket designed to haul super-sized military satellites into space failed during a test flight to put a dummy satellite into its intended orbit, officials said Wednesday.
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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.
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The White House said Thursday that President George W. Bush remains &quot;firmly committed&quot; to a missile defense system, even though the first full flight test of the system in two years failed.