But even if the test fails, Kadish said, the military will pursue its accelerated test program.
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U . S . defense analysts say the North accelerated tests of missile engines last year, possibly for its latest project : the long-range Taepodong-2.
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The administration has proposed an accelerated test program that could clash with strictures of the ABM treaty, which prohibits development, deployment and some testing of national missile defense systems, within months.
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During the development program for the reentry vehicle of the Jupiter missile, also under development, Wernher von Braun's team used modified Redstone missiles, dubbed the Jupiter C, to accelerate test nose cones to the necessary speed.
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The ability of non-solid aluminum electrolytic capacitors to have a stable behavior during longer storage times can be tested by using an accelerating test of storage the capacitors at its upper category temperature for a certain period, usually 1000 hours without voltage applied.
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A graduate of the Air Force Test Pilot Academy at California's Edwards Air Force Base, Thacker was responsible for testing a wide variety of aircraft between 1939 and 1970, including the first accelerated tests of the P-80 combat-ready jet fighter, assisted by then Captain Chuck Yeager.
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On Thursday, U . S . Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld and his deputy, Paul Wolfowitz, along with Secretary of State Colin Powell made public comments on the administration's plans to intensify its dialogue with Moscow on the ABM Treaty _ particularly on how it might be modified to allow for accelerated tests on a defense system that Wolfowitz described in testimony before Congress.
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On Thursday, U . S . Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld and his deputy, Paul Wolfowitz, along with Secretary of State Colin Powell, made public comments on the administration's plans to intensify its dialogue with Moscow on the ABM Treaty _ particularly on how it might be modified to allow for accelerated tests on a defense system that Wolfowitz described in testimony before Congress.