Missile Defense Test Is $85 Million Failure

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WASHINGTON -- An important test of the emerging U.S. missile- defense system ended in an $85 million failure Wednesday as an interceptor rocket failed to launch as scheduled from the Marshall Islands, the Pentagon said.

A target rocket carrying a mock warhead was successfully launched from Kodiak, Alaska. But as the interceptor rocket was preparing to launch from the Marshalls 16 minutes later, it automatically shut down because of "an unknown anomaly," the Defense Department's Missile Defense Agency said.

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Missile Defense Test Is $85 Million Failure

"Program officials will review pre-launch data to determine the cause for the shutdown," the...

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