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U.S. Shoots Down Cruise Missile in Defense Test
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States shot down a
cruise missile with
a Patriot PAC-3 missile over New Mexico Saturday in
a successful test of its
'theater' defense program to protect troops and
bases from attack, the
Pentagon said. It was the fourth successful
'hit-to-kill' intercept in a row and
the first against a low-flying cruise missile for
the upgraded version of the
Patriot, which was used against Iraqi Scud missiles
in the Gulf War. The
PAC-3 had earlier hit three Hera ballistic missiles
at the edge of space.
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