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US jet intercepts ballistic missile for first time
AFP via Breitbart ^ | Dec 4 07:35 PM US/Eastern | AFP
Posted on 12/04/2007 3:52:23 PM PST by ECM
A US F-16 fighter used an air-to-air missile to destroy a sounding rocket in its boost phase for the first time this week in a test of a new missile defense concept, US spokesmen said Tuesday.
The system — named the Net-Centric Airborne Defense Element (NCDE) — breaks new ground in that it would arm fighter aircraft or drones with missiles fast enough to intercept a ballistic missile as it lifts into space.
The aircraft would have to get to within a 100 miles of the launch site to catch the ascending missile in the first two to three minutes after launch.
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“Philippine Catholics afraid of Muslim homeland deal”
Reuters ^ | Dec 4 2007 | Manny Mogato
Posted on 12/04/2007 5:02:21 PM PST by camerakid400
DATU BLAH SINSUAT, Philippines (Reuters)