1. They were not armed but carried wingtip dummy missiles. 2. Recent scientific efforts suggest that it would be easy to foil a missile defense by filling the skies with scores of dummy missiles. 3. The dummy missile jettisoned three balloons to try to fool the interceptor. 4. The interceptor hit the dummy missile in a similar test in January, although the collision was not the main goal of that test. 5. The failure of the missile defense project to intercept a dummy missile early Saturday suggests to some analysts that the Pentagon needs more time to develop it. 6. The interceptor also hit the dummy missile in a similar test in January, although the collision was not the main goal of that test. 7. The U.S. military planned to test a prototype anti-missile rocket over the Pacific on Friday and crash it into a dummy missile fired from Hawaii. 8. Two of the Patriot missiles knocked down flying targets, a dummy missile and a dummy aircraft, the Central News Agency reported. 9. Earlier Saturday Chechen authorities charged that Russian warplanes had dropped bombs and dummy missiles on Grozny, injuring several people. 10. On Saturday, authorities in the capital of the republic, Grozny, said Russian warplanes dropped bombs and dummy missiles on the city, injuring several people. |
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