1.   According to the Pentagon, a modified Minuteman II target missile was launched to simulate an Iraqi Scud ballistic missile.

2.   First, the target missile was heated, presenting a larger bulls-eye for heat-seeking sensors on an interceptor missile.

3.   Instead, the report found that the beacon on the target missile was linked only to radar on the ground that was tracking its flight.

4.   It involves one target missile with a dummy warhead and one decoy, a balloon, launched from Vandenberg.

5.   Specifically, wear was found in internal-guidance systems used to link the missile with ground-based radar tracking the incoming target missiles, he said.

6.   The next test may include extra decoys aboard the target missile.

7.   The one valid rationale for locating the interceptors there is that they would then be trying to hit target missiles with more realistic trajectories than those of previous tests.

8.   The test Saturday morning was delayed by two hours after a technical problem was discovered in the target missile that was to launch the mock warhead.

9.   Under the plan, both the target missile and the interceptor would travel entirely over water.

10.   Ballistic target missiles would be launched from one part of the range, either from a ground-based site or from an airplane.