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Army Aims To Kill MEADS Development Effort

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Monday, March 1st, 2010

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By Marina Malenic The Army is laying the groundwork for terminating a next-generation missile defense program being developed by Italy, Germany and the United States to replace the Patriot and other legacy systems, arguing that the system is too costly and no longer appropriate for countering the latest global threats. A Feb. 2 draft internal Army document expresses officials' concerns that requirements for the Medium Extended Air Defense System (MEADS), formulated in 1999, "do not address current and emerging threats,…

Pentagon

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Congress

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Unmanned Systems

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