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Ground-based Missile-Defense System Kills Target; Crucial Win With Funding At Stake

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Monday, December 8th, 2008

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By Dave Ahearn The Ground-based Midcourse Defense (GMD) system successfully killed a target missile Friday, a brilliant and crucial win that came just as President-elect Obama and a Democratic-led Congress are about to consider the next round of funding for the GMD and other ballistic missile defense (BMD) programs. That victory for the GMD system is especially vital for another program, where the United States plans to install a European Missile Defense (EMD) shield to protect Europe and the United…

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