Boeing Missile System Fails to Hit Target, U.S. Says
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The U.S. missile-defense system managed by Boeing Co. failed to intercept a target in a test today, the second unsuccessful attempt this year.
The Missile Defense Agency “was unable to achieve a planned intercept of a target over the Pacific Ocean,” Richard Lehner, a spokesman, said in a statement today. Lehner said both the test interceptor and target successfully launched.