Israel conducts second test of ballistic missile interceptor

Jerusalem, Jan 3: The

Defence Organisation and the US Missile Defence Agency on Friday completed a successful flight of the Arrow-3 ballistic missile interceptor.

"This is the second flight test of the Arrow-3 interceptor and was conducted at the Israeli test range over the Mediterranean Sea," Xinhua quoted the Israeli Defence Ministry as saying in a statement.

The statement said the Arrow-3 interceptor was "successfully" launched at 8 a.m., and flew an exoatmospheric trajectory through space, according to the test plan.

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