U.S. Military Intercepts Missile in Test [View All]

[Rose Siding]

HONOLULU -- A Navy ship intercepted a medium-range missile warhead above the earth's atmosphere off Hawaii in the latest test of the U.S. missile defense program, the military said Thursday.

The military had initially scheduled the test for Wednesday but postponed the drill after a small craft ventured into a zone that had been blocked off for the event.

The USS Shiloh detected a medium-range target after it was launched from the Pacific Missile Range Facility on Kauai, then fired a Standard Missile-3 interceptor.
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The agency said the test had been scheduled for months and was not prompted by indications that North Korea was planning to test launch a long-range missile.

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