FILE PHOTO: A ballistic missile target launches from the Pacific Missile Range Facility at Barking Sands, Kauai, Hawaii, September 12, 2018 © Ryan Keith / Missile Defense Agency via DVIDS
Daily Mail (Reuters): US fails to intercept medium-range ballistic missile test target
* The MDA, an agency under the Department of Defense, routinely conducts missile defense tests
A U.S. warship failed to intercept a medium-range ballistic missile test target on Saturday, the U.S. Missile Defense Agency said.
'The objective of the test was to demonstrate the capability of a ballistic missile defense-configured Aegis ship to detect, track, engage and intercept a medium-range ballistic missile target' with a salvo of two Standard Missile-6 (SM-6) Dual II missiles, the agency said in a statement.
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More News On The Recent U.S. Missile Test Failure
Missile Defense Test Fails off Kauai Following Appearance by Russian Spy Ship -- Military.com/The Honolulu Star-Advertiser
US Aegis Combat System Fails to Intercept Target, Pentagon Agency Says -- Sputnik
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