Pentagon's Costly Gamble Led to $10 Billion Flop
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A prototype interceptor is launched from the Kwajalein Missile Range December 3, 2001 in Hawaii.
( Ballistic Missile Defense Organization / Getty )
( Ballistic Missile Defense Organization / Getty )
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