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MDA: New Missile Field Without RKV Helpful, Working On GBI Maintenance Plans

Monday, October 7th, 2019

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MDA: New Missile Field Without RKV Helpful, Working On GBI Maintenance Plans

Vice Adm. John Hill, Director of the Missile Defense Agency. (Photo: MDA)

The Pentagon’s chief missile defense official said despite the cancellation of the Redesigned Kill Vehicle (RKV) delaying new missile defense interceptors a new missile field for interceptors will help maintenance work on existing interceptors and missile fields. The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) is in the process of adding 20 new silos to Missile Field 4 at Fort Greely, Alaska, where the vast majority of the Ground-based Midcourse Defense (GMD) Systems’ ground-based interceptors (GBIs) are based. Missile Field 4 was meant…

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