The latter is exceedingly unlikely to result in the widespread deployment of even its top priority (namely, effective protection against short-range missile attacks) let alone its secondary priority (a modest defense of the continental United States against limited attacks).

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As in the previous two events, the Navy shot down an Aries rocket simulating a Scud class short to medium range missile.

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Evolutionary sea-based defenses, an early version of which conducted a successful intercept of a short-range ballistic missile two months ago, meet both of these tests.

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In the past week, Pakistan has test-fired two ballistic missiles and India responded by test-firing a new short-range air-defence missile.

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The boost phase of a short-range 600-km theater missile lasts for approximately one minute.

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Substantial Foreign Interest in Defenses: It is these threats, and the advantages of space-based defenses to ameliorate them, that have caught the attention of the Western European Union, whose member countries are already exposed to short- as well as longer-range ballistic missile threats.

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On Tuesday, Yediot Aharonot reported that Israeli analysts who reviewed videotapes of North Korea's missile tests concluded that alongside the various short range Scuds it sent over the Sea of Japan, Pyongyang also launched a Taeopodong-2 multi-stage long range missile capable of reaching Alaska.

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