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| US Navy intercepts missile shot from Hawaii |
| 2008-11-03 |
| HONOLULU – U.S. Navy officials say one of two short-range ballistic missiles shot from a military facility in Hawaii in a defense system test was hit by an interceptor missile fired from a Navy ship. Vice Adm. Samuel J. Locklear says Saturday's trial marked the first time that the Navy — rather than the Pentagon's Missile Defense Agency — oversaw the firing of a so-called Standard Missile-3 interceptor against a ballistic missile target. The San Diego-based U.S. Third Fleet had command and control of the mission, in which two target missiles were fired from the Pacific Missile Range Facility on Kauai island. An SM-3 fired from the USS Paul Hamilton directly hit the first target missile. Another ship, the USS Hopper, failed to intercept the second target missile that was fired. |
| Posted by:tu3031 |
| #6 FIXED! Don't get too used to these tests. When Big O takes office, he'll zero out the |
| Posted by: Bright Pebbles 2008-11-03 20:23 |
| #5 Don't get too used to these tests. When Big O takes office, he'll zero out the missile defense budget. |
| Posted by: Zhang Fei 2008-11-03 15:19 |
| #4 Fools! Do they not know that The Obamessiah has declared these weapon systems non-functional? But still they continue with their successful tests. As for the Hopper's shot missing, probably a moth in one of the relays. |
| Posted by: SteveS 2008-11-03 11:16 |
| #3 US Navy intercepts missile shot from Hawaii Are we at war with Hawaii now? |
| Posted by: bigjim-ky 2008-11-03 10:30 |
| #2 Boost-phase intercept? That was my first impression on reading the piece, but it's not clear. The Hopper's shot missed? The spirit of Admiral Grace Murray Hopper will no doubt be giving the software a good talking-to! |
| Posted by: Mike 2008-11-03 10:27 |
| #1 Ironic? Successful anti-missile test in the state the one candidate wanting to disassemble this technology is from. |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2008-11-03 09:38 |