U.s. Test To Simulate Iran Missile Attack

U.S. test to simulate Iran missile attack

The U.S. military's Missile Defense Agency will practice protecting the United States from a simulated Iranian missile attack next month in an exercise using the agency's newest missile-killing technology, Pentagon officials said Friday.

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