Sunday, November 2, 2008

Success In Missile Defense Test

US Navy Intercepts Missile Shot From Hawaii Base -- Yahoo News/AP

HONOLULU – U.S. Navy officials say one of two short-range ballistic missiles shot from a military facility in Hawaii in a defense system test was hit by an interceptor missile fired from a Navy ship.

Vice Adm. Samuel J. Locklear says Saturday's trial marked the first time that the Navy — rather than the Pentagon's Missile Defense Agency — oversaw the firing of a so-called Standard Missile-3 interceptor against a ballistic missile target.

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