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Russia Fires Missile To Test Out National Defence System
Moscow (AFP) Dec 05, 2006 Russia fired an interceptor missile on Tuesday to test out the country's missile defence system, a spokesman for Russia's space forces said Tuesday. Russian forces "carried out the launch of an interceptor missile from the Sary-Shagan range" in Kazakhstan, Alexei Kuznetsov, the spokesman, was quoted by ITAR-TASS news agency as saying. Interceptor missiles are designed to shoot down enemy missiles during an attack. The last time Russia tested one was in 2004, Russian news agencies said. "The launch came as part of a program aimed at prolonging the service life of interceptor missiles" and to test Russia's missile defences, Kuznetsov said, quoted by Interfax-AVN.
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A Giant Leap Forward For Indian Missile Defense
Washington (UPI) Dec 01, 2006India's successful test of its own anti-ballistic Prithvi missile Monday still leaves the country a long way from fielding its own, home-produced short- and intermediate- range BMD systems. But it wasn't chickenfeed either. |
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