Inclement Weather Delays Missile Test
A test of key parts of an emerging U.S. antimissile shield was scrubbed because of bad weather in Kodiak, where a target missile was to have been launched, the Defense Department said.
The $85-million test -- designed chiefly to collect data, rather than shoot down the target -- may be rescheduled for today or Saturday, said Cheryl Irwin, a Pentagon spokeswoman. The interceptor missile was to be launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base near Lompoc. The exercise will be the first involving a live target since interceptor rockets failed to leave their silos during tests in 2004 and 2005.
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