By Dave Ahearn Slashing $1 billion out of ballistic missile defense, with cuts aimed at programs that kill enemy missiles in their most vulnerable phase of flight, would knock out the balance in the overall missile defense shield guarding the United States from attack, according to officials. So said a statement Friday from the Missile Defense Agency (MDA), responding to a news story that major cuts in missile defense programs may be imposed in fiscal 2010. Slashing funds or delaying…
Huge Cuts In Missile Defense Could Hit Working Programs, Officials Say
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