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USA test failed on modernised version of SM-3

Washington, USA - Reported by US missile defense agency

Yesterday's press release issued by the US missile defense agency said that the first test performed on the modernised version of the SM-3 missile has failed; according to sources the exercise took place last Monday. The news refers that at 3.53am Hawaiian time a ballistic missile was launched from the navy's pacific missile range facility on the Kauai island; after 90 seconds, a SM-3 Block 1B was...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 1133399
Rome, Italy, 09/02/2011 15:16
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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