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Trump to Reveal Long-Awaited Missile Defense Review Thursday

Trump to Reveal Long-Awaited Missile Defense Review Thursday
The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) and U.S. Navy sailors manning the Aegis Ashore Missile Defense Test Complex (AAMDTC) at the Pacific Missile Range Facility (PMRF) in Kauai, Hawaii, successfully conduct launch a Standard Missile-3 Block IIA interceptor in Flight Test Integrated-03 (FTI-03). (Photo: Missile Defense Agency)

President Donald Trump plans to unveil the Defense Department’s missile defense review Jan. 17 at the Pentagon after months of delays, a senior White House official said Jan. 16. This will be the first missile defense review issued since 2010, and reflects the “more complex, more threatening national security environment” that has emerged in the years since, the official told reporters on background Wednesday afternoon. It was originally scheduled to be released in May 2018. Peer adversaries have been developing…

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