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US plans missile intercept test over Pacific
Posted: Jan 29, 2010 12:44 PM by Bea Karnes, News First 5
Updated: Jan 29, 2010 12:44 PM
The Air Force says a missile-intercept test will be conducted during the weekend with launches from California and a Pacific island.
A statement posted on the Vandenberg Air Force Base Web site says the 30th Space Wing and the U.S. Missile Defense Agency will test a ground-based interceptor system on Sunday.
The test involves the launch of a target missile from Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands and long-range interceptor missile from Vandenberg on California's central coast between 2 p.m. and 5:30 p.m.
The Air Force says the missile from Vandenberg will attempt to intercept the target over the south central Pacific Ocean.
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