The Army canceled a THAAD missile test planned for yesterday afternoon at the Pacific Missile Range Facility on Kaua'i because of a "malfunction with the target missile," the U.S. Missile Defense Agency said.

The agency said the target did not have enough momentum to reach the open ocean area approved for a safe intercept near the facility. In a news release, the agency said the two Terminal High Altitude Area Defense missiles taking part in the exercise were never launched.

Officials now will review data collected during the test to see why the target malfunctioned, the release said.

It would have been the fifth test of the developing THAAD missile that has been conducted at the Navy-operated range on Kaua'i.