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Progress on missile defense.(National Security)(Brief Article)
Michael Sirak, "U.S. Pushes Ahead with Homeland Missile Shield," Janes Defense Weekly, August 27, 2003 (jdw.janes.com)
The United States military is well on its way to developing a system to protect the homeland from ballistic missile strikes. President Bush wants an operational system by September 30, 2004, and provided no major problems interrupt construction, the military should meet that goal. During the summer of 2003, the Pentagon's Missile Defense Agency (MDA):
* Conducted a successful flight test of a rocket designed to boost a kill vehicle into space where it can destroy a ballistic missile by direct impact.
* Picked a location for a new sea-based radar system to distinguish warheads from decoys and debris.
* Built a ...
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