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Missile Defense Test Conducted

  • (Source: US Missile Defense Agency)
  • 12:00 AM, September 19, 2008
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The Missile Defense Agency was unable to complete a planned flight test tonight exercising elements of the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) system due to an apparent malfunction with the target missile shortly after launch (4:05 pm Hawaii time; 10:05 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time).>> Because of the target malfunction, the target did not have enough momentum to reach the area previously approved for a safe intercept at the Pacific Missile Range Facility, Kauai, Hawaii.>> Since the target never reached the intercept area off the Kauai coast, the two THAAD interceptors taking part in the flight test were not launched.>> Program officials will review data collected during the test, and will conduct an extensive investigation to determine the cause of the malfunction.>> -ends->
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