Pentagon Successfully Tests Missile Defense Shield

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WASHINGTON -- The Defense Department said Friday it shot down a missile in a simulated attack designed to test a proposed shield against strikes by long-range ballistic missiles from nations such as North Korea.

The Pentagon's Missile Defense Agency used an interceptor missile launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California to knock down a missile meant to simulate the speed and trajectory of a North Korean attack. It struck the target missile around 3:30 p.m., shortly after the target was launched from a location in Alaska.

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Pentagon Successfully Tests Missile Defense Shield

The military has conducted a series of tests in the past several years of the different components of the defensive...

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