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Pentagon confirms Hawaii missile test failed, chalks it up to a learning experience

By Travis J. Tritten
Published February 1, 2018 8:43pm ET
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Pentagon confirms Hawaii missile test failed, chalks it up to a learning experience
"It did not meet our objectives, but we learn something all the time with these tests and we've learned something from this one," chief Pentagon spokeswoman Dana White said. (Missile Defense Agency photo)

The Pentagon confirmed Thursday that a new missile interceptor it is developing failed to shoot down an intermediate-range ballistic missile during a test this week off of Hawaii.

But the failure of the Standard Missile-3 Block IIA interceptor was not a complete loss for the program, chief Pentagon spokeswoman Dana White said.

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