[Reuters] Israel's Arrow II missile defense system was tested at a U.S. range off the California coast on Wednesday but problems prevented the launch of the system's interceptor, the Pentagon said. In a test involving three U.S. missile interceptors, the Arrow tracked a target missile dropped from a C-17 aircraft. The Israeli system also exchanged data on the target in real-time with elements of the U.S. missile defense system. However, "not all test conditions to launch the Arrow Interceptor were met and it was not launched," the Pentagon said.
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