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Defense Tech: Pentagon Endorses Space Missile Plan

A Reuters newswire article, via MSNBC, reports that:

The Pentagon’s top weapons buyer has endorsed a plan that could lead to a multibillion-dollar U.S. missile defense component in space and strain ties with China, Russia and other countries.

At issue is what the Pentagon’s Missile Defense Agency calls a space-based “test bed.” It would initially involve as few as one or two interceptor missiles designed to shoot down ballistic missiles possibly tipped with nuclear, chemical or germ warheads.

posted by Fergie @ 5/10/2006 06:28:00 PM