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Missile Launched from US Warship Destroys Mock Long-Range Missile

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   The U.S. Department of Defense said Tuesday an American warship
   "intercepted and destroyed" an intercontinental ballistic missile
   (ICBM) target in a test conducted Monday northeast of Hawaii.

   A destroyer equipped with an Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD)
   System destroyed the mock long-range missile in flight with an SM-3
   Block IIA missile, according to the Defense Department's Missile
   Defense Agency.

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