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Anti-missile shield: various delays for the test launch
Washington, USA - Due to bad weather conditions and to a technical problem affecting the communications system
The test launch of one of the interceptors of the new US anti-missile defence system scheduled for last weekend (see for details AVIONEWS) was postponed four times, and it is not known when the test is likely to be performed. It was scheduled that the defensive system guided rocket had to be launched from a base located in the Kwajalein Atoll, in the Pacific Ocean, in order to hit and destroy a missile...
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 109724
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency