Gates: Some Classified Efforts Could Bolster Boost-Phase Missile Defenses

FORT RUCKER, Ala. – U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates is defending his plan to trim $1.4 billion in research projects from the Missile Defense Agency’s annual budget, in turn boosting spending for production of Raytheon SM-3 interceptors and the Terminal High-Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) system...

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