Friday, September 01, 2006

U.S. Says Missile Defense Has Successful Intercept

Tony Capaccio writesfor Bloomberg News:

The first test of the U.S. missile defense since flight testing was put on hold 18 months ago was a success, a spokesman said.

An interceptor rocket launched from California's Vandenberg Air Force Base intercepted a target missile fired from Kodiak, Alaska, Chris Taylor, spokesman for the U.S. Missile Defense Agency in Washington, said in a telephone interview.

The result was welcome news for a program that hasn't had a successful intercept since 2002 and set a low bar for today's test. While the rocket was aimed at the mock enemy warhead, the goal was to spot and track this target, not necessarily hit it.

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