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Japanese Aegis Missile Defense Test Fails, But Aegis Record Is 16 Hits In 20 Tries

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Monday, November 24th, 2008

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Jammed Valve On Interceptor Kill Vehicle May Have Caused It To Miss Target Missile A jammed valve on a tiny maneuvering thruster in a Standard Missile-3 Block 1A interceptor kill vehicle likely caused the SM-3 to miss killing a target missile, in a test involving a Japanese anti-missile ship, according to the Missile Defense Advocacy Alliance (MDAA). The thruster didn't make adjustments in the interceptor course and direction with sufficient speed to make the intercept and kill, according to MDAA.…

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