MDA Eyes UAVs For Discrimination, Boost-Phase Kill

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. — The U.S. Missile Defense Agency (MDA) plans to continue testing the use of Reaper unmanned aerial vehicles for ballistic missile target discrimination in the near term because taking that mission to space is still too costly. The agency terminated plans this year to design and...

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