Sentence examples for shield tests from inspiring English sources

In his haste to press ahead with missile shield tests, Mr. Bush overruled Secretary of State Colin Powell, who favored a negotiated resolution.

The statement, carried by the Interfax news agency, was in response to reports from Washington that quoted a senior administration official who suggested that Russia was on the verge of accepting an American proposal to amend the ABM treaty and allow more rigorous American missile shield tests.

But he also made clear that he had already decided what to do if those talks should fail: move ahead with the missile shield tests, even if that requires giving notice that the United States is withdrawing from the ABM treaty.

A17 Pentagon Critic's Complaint A leading critic of the missile shield testing program, Theodore A. Postol, has accused the Pentagon of trying to silence him and intimidate his employer, M.I.T, by investigating him for disseminating classified data.

The Monte Carlo Particle transport program MCNP simulation and thermal neutron shielding tests demonstrated that the (15%B4C + 1%Gd)/Al composite definitely had an almost equivalent neutron shielding property as the 30%B4compositeosite, which in turn proved the accuracy of the design.

Am-241 gamma ray source was used for the radiation shielding test.

Moreover, 12 × 12 × 2 cm mortar samples were produced to apply radiation shielding test.

The quality of the electrical contact between the specimen and electromagnetic interference (EMI) shielding testing fixture (coaxial cable method) is found to be critical to shielding effectiveness testing.

Participants were comfortably seated in a darkened, acoustically and electrically shielded test area.

Subjects were seated inside an acoustically and electromagnetically shielded testing chamber.

ACPA were measured at Queensland Health Pathology using the anti-CCP2 ELISA (Axis-Shield) test, with the cut-off of six for a positive test.