Interceptor Missile Fails in Test Launch
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An interceptor missile failed to launch early Wednesday in what was to have been the first full flight test of the US national missile defense system in nearly two years.
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The Bush administration&#39;s ambitious national missile defense program suffered a major setback on Wednesday when a malfunction forced a shutdown of the first test
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The company successfully tests an in-flight anti-missile weapon.
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WASHINGTON - A major test of the US missile defence system has failed. The test was the first in almost two years and it never got off the ground.
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The first test since 2002 of the Pentagon&#39;s $25 billion defense against long-range missiles ended in failure early Wednesday when a computer safety system shut down the launch of an interceptor rocket 23 seconds before liftoff.
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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 U.S. military shot down a target missile using its long-range missile defense system yesterday, the first time such a test has intercepted a mock enemy warhead since 2002, officials 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 almost two years of the planned multi-billion dollar US anti-missile shield has failed. The Pentagon said an interceptor missile did not take off and was automatically shut down on its launch pad in the central Pacific.
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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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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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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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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 first full flight test for the US missile defence system failed when the interceptor rocket didn&#39;t even get off the ground.
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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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India Sunday successfully tested the nuclear capable Agni-II missile that can strike at targets as far as China. The missile, which has a range of over 2,000 km, was fired at 12.
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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.