Pentagon Shifts Focus From Ballistic Missile Defense

Credit: Seaman Andrew Schneider/U.S. Navy
The Pentagon is shifting its focus from ballistic missile defense to intercepting hypersonic and cruise missiles in order to keep pace with Chinese and Russian advances. Missile Defense Agency (MDA) Director U.S. Air Force Lt. Gen. Samuel Greaves has even gone so far as to remove the word ballistic...

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