GMD may go off alert temporarily for more R&D, Rumsfeld says

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. - The Ground-based Midcourse Defense (GMD) system, which the U.S. Defense Department plans to begin deploying later this year, might be taken off its "alert" status from time to time to allow more research and development activities to take place, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld...

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