An interceptor missile destroyed a mock warhead over the Pacific Ocean on Friday in a key test of the nation's missile defense system, U.S. military officials said. It was the most realistic test of ...

An interceptor missile failed to launch early Wednesday in what was to have been the first full flight test of the U.S. national missile defense system in nearly two years. The Missile Defense Agency ...

U.S. forces on Monday conducted a test of the Missile Defense Agency's upgraded Ground-Based Interceptor for its homeland missile defense system that intercepted an Intermediate Range Ballistic ...

A U.S. Navy warship has shot down a medium-range ballistic missile in space in the latest successful test of the military’s advanced interceptor technology. Sailors aboard the USS John Finn ...

Video released Wednesday shows the mid-air collision between a ground-based interceptor launched from Southern California and a simulated warhead fired from the Pacific Ocean. The test, the first of ...

WASHINGTON — An interceptor rocket smashed into a dummy warhead Friday night 140 miles above the Pacific Ocean in the fourth successful test of its kind, a Pentagon spokeswoman said. The interceptor, ...

2005-02-15 04:00:00 PDT Washington-- For the second time in two months, a test of the national missile defense system has failed, Pentagon officials said Monday. Military technicians say they believe ...

A ballistic missile interceptor made by Tucson-based Raytheon Missile Systems failed to hit its target in a Jan. 31 test of a land-based version of the Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense system. The ...

– The U.S. Missile Defense Agency (MDA) said it conducted its second successful test June 5 of a sea-based interceptor intended to knock down incoming missiles in their terminal phase of flight. U.S.

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WASHINGTON — For the second time in two months, a test of the national missile defense system has failed, Pentagon officials said Monday. Military technicians believe the failure of the $85-million ...