Test of US missile defence shield fails
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An attempt to launch an interceptor missile as part of the US missile defence shield failed early Wednesday in the first test of the system in nearly two years.
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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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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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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 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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A test of key parts of an emerging   U.S. anti-missile shield was scrubbed on Thursday because of   bad weather in Kodiak, Alaska, where a target missile was to   have been launched, the Defense Department 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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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 first test of the United States anti-missile shield in nearly two years, has failed. Our correspondent, John Shovelan, reports the Missile Defence Agency says the ground-based interceptor has shut down, due to an unknown anomaly.
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The largest US defence contractor will take a $110 million US charge against its fourth quarter earnings after losing a court bid to salvage at least some of the money it pumped into a failed nuclear waste cleanup project in eastern
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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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Sub-based Bulava palaver A test launch of a next-generation, submarine-launched Russian ICBM ended in failure yesterday when the missile crashed into the White Sea shortly after launch, news agency Novosti reports.â¦
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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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The UK and US are discussing whether to site a US anti-ballistic missile defences on UK soil.
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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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The countryÂs missile defense system passed a crucial test today, the Pentagon announced.
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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.