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Israeli Missile-Defense Trials Cut Off Following Malfunctions
Thursday, July 23, 2009

Testing of an advanced Israeli missile-defense system was terminated this week following a series of technical problems, the Associated Press reported (see GSN, July 16).

Israel and the United States are collaborating on development of an improved version of the Arrow 2 system. Defense officials this week made three attempts to conduct an intercept test of a mock Iranian Shahab missile off the coast of California.
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Debate Persists Over Effectiveness of Ground-Based Missile Defenses
Tuesday, July 21, 2009
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The system since 1999 has conducted eight successful intercepts in 14 tries, the Daily News reported. The target was destroyed in the most recent test, on Dec. 5; however, its decoys had not deployed, so the event was considered only a partial success.

Another intercept drill is scheduled for September or October, according to Missile Defense Agency spokesman Rick Lehner.

"It's not something you'd want to have to rely on," Coyle said. "These tests are scripted, they're planned so that everything that can be done is done to make sure they're successful. If so far you've only done eight of 14 under fairly idealized conditions, what would it be under the fog of war? Obviously it would be worse."