Missile Defense Agency eyes gradual return to flight for GMD

The U.S. Missile Defense Agency plans to take a slow, deliberate approach to resuming flight-tests of the Ground-based Midcourse Defense (GMD) system to ensure the program does not repeat the kind of glitches that marred recent tests, according to a government source. Based on the recommendations of...

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