Warship Aborts Missile Test Mid-Flight Off California [Video]

A missile test conducted by Canada’s navy was aborted mid-flight after communication with the projectile was lost.

Commander Jeremy Samson, the commanding officer of HMCS Regina, said “there was an issue” with the Harpoon Block II missile after it was fired from the vessel during joint U.S. drills at the U.S. Navy’s Point Mugu sea range near San Diego.

With a price tag of about $2 million, the Harpoon Block II is an over-the-horizon, anti-ship missile manufactured by Boeing. It can carry out land-strike and anti-ship missions—including on coastal defense sites, surface-to-air missile sites, aircraft, port or industrial facilities, and anchored ships, according to the outlet Naval Technology.

On Wednesday, less than a minute after the missile was launched toward a target about …