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First ever to shoot down a model of an intercontinental missile. taking place oever the pacific ocean, a mock icbm was targeted from an interceptor fired from a silo north of santa barbara. interceptor hit its target. the stakes couldn't be higher. >> how much pressure are they under to make this work? >> this is a very crucial test for the pentagon and missile defense agency. north korea is working on ant continental ballistic missile that is targeted to hit the united states. >> add together pressure the u.s. military spotty track record in these tests. in a little over a decade only about h...

Then it breaks off as it gets closer to the target. leaving you with this part of it. the front end has advanced electronics in it. break off in flight as well. exposing seeker here to help guide it to target. control system helps push it into the final impact. up there. they call all of this the kill vehicle. it's range is pretty impressive. it can go down range and 16 miles high to engage target. >> tom, all that sounds good from a perspective. do they actually know how well it works. doesn't have a war head. >> does not have a war head. they do know how well it works. this is how it works. ...

Graziani was charged with delivering the bad news to one of its victims. u.s.-owned intel sat. >> as soon as we figured out it was parking next to an intel sat satellite, we picked up the phone and let them know they've got a new neighbor. >> their reaction? >> they were not happy. >> the russian government did not respond to cnn's request for comment on luch or cosmos 2499. if russia's launches of those potential attack satellites were the space equivalents of surgical strikes, china's 2007 space shot was a sledgehammer. that year, the chinese launched a massive space kill vehicle, similar to...

If russia's launches of those potential attack satellites were the space equivalents of surgical strikes, china's 2007 space shot was a sledgehammer. that year, the chinese launched a massive space kill vehicle, similar to this launch, viking one of its own satellites and blasting it, literally, into thousands of pieces. >> i would say that the wake-up call really was when the chinese tested their anti-satellite weapon against their own satellite. a clear demonstration that the technology was there in the hands of the chinese, anyway. >> a wake-up call, both because it represented an ominous s...

A cutting-edge shield meant to protect the united states from a sneak missile attack using lasers an unmatched radar technology is what the pentagon promised for a 10$10 billion investment, $10 billion worth of projects that critics now call a total flop and say left the united states dangerously exposed. were all your tax dollars wasted? cnn's brian todd has been digging into this story. what are you finding out? >> wolf these missile defense shields were impressive on the drawing board and had some flashy names like the multiple kill vehicle. but according to one report they were expensive, ...