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U.S. missile misses target, again
Published: Dec. 16, 2010 at 10:41 AM
WASHINGTON, Dec. 16 (UPI) -- For the second time this year, a test of the United States' only long-range missile defense system has resulted in failure, officials said.

Segments of Wednesday's test were successful, but a "kill vehicle" launched from California didn't hit the target missile launched from Kwajalein Atoll in the Republic of the Marshall Islands, CNN reported.

Eight of 15 tests of the $100 billion missile shield program have ended in failure, the report said.

An advocate for the missile defense system called the failure a "tremendous setback."

Riki Ellison, chairman and founder of the Missile Defense Advocacy Alliance, a non-partisan organization that supports deployment of missile defense systems, questioned the military's confidence in the ground-based system in Alaska and California.