THE US has struck a deal with the Marshall Islands to continue using the key missile testing range at Kwajalein Atoll to 2066, officials said yesterday.

The US Air Force launched an experimental hypersonic glider able to travel more than 4,000 miles in 30 minutes over the Pacific Ocean, it was confirmed today.

A US test to knock out a dummy warhead in space has proved a success.

Delayed by bad weather for a second consecutive day, the US Defence Department tonight hopes to stage one more successful test of its missile defence system.

A missile interceptor has destroyed its target, a mock nuclear warhead travelling through space, in a US Government 'Son of Star Wars' test.