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Japan fails to intercept missile in Hawaii test

Published November 19, 2008, 10:31 pm, The Charlotte Observer

(The Associated Press) A Japanese navy ship on Wednesday failed to shoot down a mid-range ballistic missile target in a test off the coast of the Hawaiian island of Kauai, the U.S. Missile Defense Agency announced. Rear Adm. Brad Hicks, director of the U.S. Aegis ballistic missile defense program, attributed the failure to an unidentified problem aboard an interceptor missile fired from the ...

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