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SLUG: 2-278212 Pentagon missile defense (s)
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DATE=7/13/01 TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT TITLE=PENTAGON/MISSILE DEFENSE (S) NUMBER=2-278212 BYLINE=ALEX BELIDA DATELINE=PENTAGON CONTENT= VOICED AT: INTRO: The Pentagon is preparing for its first major missile defense test in over a year late Saturday (eds: sometime between 10pm and 2am EDT). V-O-A Pentagon Correspondent Alex Belida reports the Air Force general in charge of the missile defense development program says he is quietly confident. TEXT: Lieutenant General Ronald Kadish believes Saturday's test has a better than fifty-fifty chance of seeing a successful missile intercept over the Pacific. But General Kadish tells reporters even if it fails, defense researchers will still learn a great deal. ///KADISH ACTUALITY/// This is one test in a series of tests and if it's successful, we'll gain confidence and if it fails, we will learn a lot. ///END ACTUALITY/// The 100-million dollar test will see a so-called "kill vehicle" interceptor launched from Kwajalein atoll at a ballistic missile launched from California. Two of three previous intercept tests failed. (Signed) NEB/BEL/PT |
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