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The nuclear missile interceptor that didn’t intercept

Nuclear missile interceptor fails to hit its target during test launch as US bolsters defenses after North Korea’s weapons tests

• $214 million practice run against incoming attacks misses its mark
• Third failure for U.S.’s only defense system against long-range attack

Mail Online, By DAILY MAIL REPORTER, 7 July 2013 A missile designed to destroy nuclear missiles after they have been fired failed to hit its target during a test launch.

The ground-based interceptor missile fired from Vanderberg Air Force Base was supposed to hit a missile launched in the Kwajalein Atoll 4,000 miles away.

It was the third consecutive failure of the Interceptor system, which is managed by Boeing Co, according to defense officials……http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2357864/Nuclear-missile-interceptor-fails-hit-target-test-launch-US-bolsters-defenses-North-Koreas-weapons-tests.html#ixzz2YU83XB6B

July 8, 2013 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | USA, weapons and war