Global Hawks Sought For Missile Intercept

An ad hoc team of former program managers are calling on the Pentagon to adapt the 18 Global Hawk Block 30 UAVs, due to be mothballed under current budget plans, for boost-phase intercept (BPI) of ballistic missiles. They contend the U.S. could quickly field a flexible, mobile, ultrasmart BPI Hawk...

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