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USA: a new test for the missile shield to occur soon
Washington, USA - It is aimed to verify the protection degree provided to the American territory by the interceptor rockets located in Alaska

While waiting for making the first missiles of the new US defensive shield enter the service by the end of the current year (see for details AVIONEWS), Washington ordered to perform a test of the system itself, scheduling to launch a missile in the forthcoming days. The interceptor will have to prove able to hit its target (a ballistic missile) over the Pacific Ocean, so that such an experiment will...
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 109453
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency