Missile defence shield test fails
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A test of the planned US anti-missile defence shield fails in the first mission in almost two years.
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WASHINGTON, Dec 15  - The failure of a US interceptor missile test flight is a major blow to US efforts to have a missile defence shield in operation by the end of the year, experts and US media said Thursday.
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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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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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An Israeli attempt to launch the Ofeq 6 spy satellite failed Monday, after a malfunction in the third phase of the Shavit satellite launcher.
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THE US national missile defence program suffered a major setback yesterday with the forced shutdown of the first test flight of a high-speed interceptor missile.
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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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The first flight test in nearly two  years of a planned U.S. missile-defense shield has been  scrapped two days in a row this week because of bad weather,  the Pentagon said on Friday.
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Russia successfully tested a new sea-based ballistic missile Thursday after several previous failures, a naval spokesman said.
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The company successfully tests an in-flight anti-missile weapon.
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Pakistan test-fired an  intermediate-range, nuclear-capable ballistic missile on  Tuesday as part of efforts to boost defenses but the test was  not a show of strength for rival India, the military 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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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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An attempt by Israel to launch a sophisticated spy satellite into space failed Monday afternoon, the Defense Ministry announced. According to a statement, the rocket, known as a Shavit I, failed in its third stage.
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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, the Defense Department announced.
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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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Microsoft's security software has failed an independent test to see if it can spot Windows viruses.