I feel soooo much safer knowing

[No Mandate Here.]

that our air space is so well covered with the Raygun Space shield...


Interceptor Missile Fails to Launch in Test

<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A700-2004Dec15.html>


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However, the agency said the ground-based interceptor "experienced an anomaly shortly before it was to be launched" from the Ronald Reagan Test Site at Kwajalein Atoll in the central Pacific Ocean 16 minutes after the target missile left Alaska.

An announcement said the interceptor experienced an automatic shutdown "due to an unknown anomaly."

The agency gave no other details and said program officials will review pre-launch data to determine the cause for the shutdown.

The military is in final preparations to activate missile defenses designed to protect against an intercontinental ballistic missile attack from North Korea or elsewhere in eastern Asia.

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Was it cloudy?