Missile Defense Agency plans to revive space-based interceptor

The Missile Defense Agency plans to revive efforts to pursue a space-based interceptor missile, according to Defense Department sources. MDA's fiscal 2005 budget request, now before Congress, includes about $10 million for a space-based Kinetic Energy Interceptor (KEI) test bed, the DOD sources told...

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