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U.S. Says Antimissile Test Successful
18 November 2005 -- A U.S. missile defense system has successfully shot down a dummy warhead over Hawaiian waters.
The test off Kauai was the sixth time an intercept test has been launched from a warship equipped with the Aegis ballistic-missile-defense system.
But, the U.S. Missile Defense Agency says it was the first test involving a warhead that had already parted its booster rocket.
The Aegis ballistic-missile-defense system would form a large part of a planned American antimissile defense shield.
All told, the United States is now spending about $9 billion a year on missile defense, the most expensive single weapons program.
(Reuters/AP)
Copyright (c) 2005. RFE/RL, Inc. Reprinted with the permission of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, 1201 Connecticut Ave., N.W. Washington DC 20036. www.rferl.org
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