US Military Tests Missile Defense In Hawaii

US Military Tests Missile Defense In Hawaii
A Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) interceptor is launched during a successful intercept test, in this undated handout photo provided by the U.S. Department of Defense, Missile Defense Agency. U.S. Department of Defense, Missile Defense Agency/Handout via Reuters/File Photo
Jack Phillips
Jack Phillips
Breaking News Reporter
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The U.S. military says it carried out a test to shoot down an incoming dummy missile from Hawaii on Wednesday, Jan. 31, and one unnamed official said that the test failed.

The Missile Defense Agency acknowledged the existence of the test, but it didn’t say whether it failed.

Jack Phillips
Jack Phillips
Breaking News Reporter
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