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Pentagon Acquisition Head Defends Plans for Space Test Bed

May 11, 2006 :: MSNBC :: News

Kenneth Krieg, undersecretary of defense for acquisition, has endorsed a plan that could lead to the deployment of U.S. missile defense assets in space. The space-based “test bed,” as it is currently known, would initially include as few as one or two interceptors designed to shoot down ballistic missiles carrying nuclear, chemical, or biological warheads.
        According to Lt. Gen. Henry Obering, director of MDA, in a September interview with Arms Control Today magazine, the test bed would have no offensive capability and would simply be used to evaluate the value of deploying interceptor missiles in space. MDA plans to seek $45 million to start building the experimentation center in the fiscal year that starts October 1, 2007. (Article)

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