No other design had such a long string of test failures.

That made his more recent test failure the first time he had tested positive.

The next two test failures bring 30-day and 60-day suspensions.

With the test failure, however, the Pentagon's goal to deploy a limited defense by 2005 is likely to slip.

Components are located using a heuristic to ensure that changes do not result in test failure.

Dr. Henao was surprised that such treatment could cause the test failure.

He said he would not do so himself because of test failures and diplomatic disputes.

The initial deployment date of December has already been delayed once by test failure.

This cause for the test failure was first reported in The Washington Post today.

The latest test failure may help him there by weakening support for immediate deployment.