More Realistic Missile Defense Testing Could Begin in 2005
Top Pentagon officials testifying in March on U.S. missile defense programs assured senators that the Pentagon intends to thoroughly test an anti-ballistic missile...
Initial military reports from the Iraq war say that the small stockpile of U.S. Patriot Advanced Capability-3 (PAC-3) anti-ballistic missiles is performing well, but one destroyed...
A Pentagon office charged with evaluating proposed U.S. weapons systems reported to Congress in February that missile defense systems scheduled to be fielded in 2004 have not yet been proven to work.
The General Accounting Office (GAO) reported January 27 that the contract for a key element of the Pentagon’s strategic missile defense system was not awarded on technical or cost considerations...
As part of its fiscal year 2004 budget request, the Bush administration is asking Congress to treat plans to field up to 40 ground- and sea-based missile interceptors...
The United States is exploring concepts for basing missile interceptors in space with the objective of beginning deployment of three to five armed satellites...