MDA exploring whether moisture in silo impaired GMD test

The U.S. Missile Defense Agency is exploring the possibility that moisture in an interceptor silo contributed to a recent failed test of the Ground-based Midcourse Defense (GMD) system. During the February test, the interceptor did not launch from its silo at the Kwajelein Atoll in the Pacific...

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