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HONOLULU -- An interceptor missile fired from a Navy ship knocked a target rocket out of the sky over the Pacific yesterday in the first successful test of a US missile defense system in more than a year, military officials said. In June, an interceptor missile missed the target in a similar test. An Aegis cruiser launched a Standard Missile-3 interceptor -- designed to destroy its target by colliding with it rather than using a large explosion -- from an undisclosed location in the Pacific. The target missile launched from Kauai was intercepted at an altitude of about 85 miles, said Chris Taylor, Washington-based spokesman for the federal Missile Defense Agency. (AP)