Anti-missile defence system fails test
370841
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.
2412
An interceptor missile destroyed a mock warhead over the Pacific Ocean on Friday in a key test of the nation's missile defense system, U.S. military officials said.
103118
The countryÂs missile defense system passed a crucial test today, the Pentagon announced.
370082
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.
325215
'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¦
77895
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.
763382
Russia successfully tests a new sea-based ballistic missile, military officials say, after earlier tests failed.
770099
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.
356033
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.
572878
A target missile that went astray over the Pacific Friday, scuttled a key test of the multibillion-dollar U.S. missile defense's backbone, the Pentagon said.
600646
An important test of the United States' fledgling missile defense system ended in failure early Wednesday, the Pentagon said.
472351
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¦
721091
The company successfully tests an in-flight anti-missile weapon.
741713
Attack largely unsuccessful, but security experts warn of more to come.
365033
A test of a new Russian intercontinental ballistic missile ended in failure Thursday when it fell into the sea shortly after its launch from a nuclear submarine, the Defense Ministry said.
206458
The Pentagon's last hope of flight-testing critical new elements of an antimissile system, before activating the system this autumn, appeared to vanish with the disclosure that the next flight test has been postponed.
395702
UK security firm accused of failing to pass on intelligence to army in Basra