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:: 12.15.2004 ::
Surprise, surprise - U.S. missile defense test flops The aborted $85 million (44 million pounds) test appeared likely to set back plans for activation of a rudimentary bulwark against long-range ballistic missiles that could be fired by countries like North Korea.
In 2002, President George W. Bush pledged to have initial elements of the program up and running by the end of this year while testing and development continued.
An "anomaly" of unknown origin caused the interceptor to shut down automatically in its silo at the Kwajalein Test Range in the Marshall Islands, said Richard Lehner, a spokesman for the Pentagon's missile agency.
The test followed a week of delays caused by weather and technical glitches, including malfunction of an internal battery aboard the target missile on Tuesday, he said. Because, you know, we have so much extra money lying around that we can spare for stuff like this...
:: Deb 1:44 PM :: permalink ::
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