The United States could use a modified existing Raytheon Co. [RTN] air-to-air missile to shoot down enemy ballistic missiles in their vulnerable boost phase, according to Loren Thompson, chief operating office of the Lexington Institute, a think tank near the Pentagon focusing on defense and other issues. This Network Centric Airborne Defense Element, or NCADE, would provide bargain basement protection from enemy missiles, costing less than $1 million per enemy weapon killed, Thompson argued in a recent paper. Raytheon also…
Analyst Sees Low-Cost Ballistic Missile Defense To Kill Enemy Weapons In Their Boost Phase; Raytheon Has A Bargain-Basement Solution
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