Deploy, then test
Doesn't sound ready to me.
Since the last flight test in December 2002, a number of critical hardware and software changes have been incorporated into the system, and officials have counted on the next test to gather critical data about the system's accuracy and reliability.
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Development of the booster has proven more problematic than expected. As a result, several intercept tests that the Pentagon had planned to run last year and this year have been postponed, cancelled or recast as component tests.
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That booster has been launched successfully several times, but it has never flown attached to an actual kill vehicle.