Pentagon missile defense program scores direct hit

WASHINGTON (AP) — A U.S. interceptor scored a direct hit and appeared to result in the “complete obliteration” of a mock warhead over the Pacific Ocean in what the Pentagon said Wednesday was a realistic test that mirrored the missile threat from North Korea and Iran.
Vice Adm. Jim Syring, director of the Defense Department’s Missile Defense Agency, told Pentagon reporters that the test included decoys and replicated a very specific scenario in the Pacific.
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