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Chinese 'Carrier Killer' Missile Challenges US Regional Power

Major advances in China's military prowess -- specifically with powerful anti-ship missiles known as aircraft "carrier killers" -- could threaten the U.S. Navy's ability to maintain strategic dominance in the western Pacific and safeguard the independence of Taiwan. Adm. Robert Willard, commander of the U.S. Pacific...

Test of Missile-Blasting Laser Weapon Fizzles

(Sept. 7) -- A much-anticipated test of a laser cannon deployed on a Boeing jumbo jet failed to blow up a target meant to mimic a nuclear-tipped ballistic missile. The failure, which has not been previously reported, occurred during an exercise that was supposed to demonstrate the laser's ability to shoot down an incoming...

Pentagon Again Delays Test of Missile-Blasting Laser

WASHINGTON (Aug. 18) -- The Defense Department was forced to delay again a key test of a powerful missile-destroying laser equipped on a Boeing aircraft due to technical problems. The test, described as "unprecedented," was scheduled for Tuesday night at a sea test range off California, but officials were forced to...

Background on ballistic missile

A ballistic missile is a missile that follows a sub-orbital ballistic flightpath with the objective of delivering one or more warheads to a predetermined target.

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