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A US missile-intercept test failed when a long-range missile launched from California missed a target missile launched from a Pacific island because of radar problems.According to Vandenberg Air Force Base sources, the target missile was launched from the Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands and the long-range interceptor missile was launched from Californias central coast shortly after.The statement says both missiles launched and flew without trouble but the systems sea-based X-band radar did not perform as expected and the interceptor missed its target.
