IP: Missile defense test fails.

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

> Date: Fri, 14 Dec 2001 09:27:28 -0500
> From: Harry Hochheiser <hsh () cs umd edu>
>
>
> Dave:
>
> In the midst of the talk of the US withdrawal from the
> anti-ABM treaty, the NY Times saw fit to bury this article
> in the midst of the front section of the print
> edition.
>
> -harry
>
>
> http://www.nytimes.com/2001/12/14/international/14TEST.html?searchpv=nytToday
>
>
> A Setback for Missile Shield as Booster Rocket Fails Test
> By JAMES DAO
>
> WASHINGTON, Dec. 13 — A test of a prototype booster rocket for missile defense
> failed today when the rocket veered off course seconds after liftoff and 
> had to be destroyed over the Pacific Ocean, the Pentagon said.
>
> The three-stage rocket, assembled by Boeing, lifted off from Vandenberg Air
> Force base north of Los Angeles at 1:15 p.m. today, Eastern Standard Time,
> but malfunctioned just 30 seconds after launch and was ordered to 
> self-destruct as it swerved off course, officials said. .
> ....

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