Kauai Missile Test Postponed

A missile test on Kauai today was called off because of a small boat that wandered into the firing zone.
If things had gone as scheduled, a missile would have been launched from the Pacific Missile Range Facility at Barking Sands on Kauai. It would have been tracked by radar and shot down by an interceptor missile.
"Each time before any given test, there is a notice that goes out to seamen and airmen that there is going to be a test taking place on such and such a day in such and such a window," said Chris Taylor from the public affairs office of the Missile Defense Agency. "It's so they will stay clear of the operating area. Somebody ventured in and they weren't going to make it through in time for the window that we had set for the test, so we just postponed it until tomorrow."
A military spokesperson says the interceptor test has been scheduled for months. The timing is not a reaction to recent reports that North Korea is ready to test a long-range missile.