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MDA Official Argues For Mix Of Space, Radar Sensors

Pat Host

Thursday, July 30th, 2015

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MDA Official Argues For Mix Of Space, Radar Sensors

Ground-Based Midcourse Defense (GMD) falls under the Missile Defense Agency's (MDA) umbrella. Photo: MDA.

The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) should pursue a combination of space-based and ground-based sensors to improve missile defense systems instead of favoring one or the other, according to an agency official.“I constantly run into this: It’s either all space or all radar,” MDA C4ISR Program Executive Richard Ritter said Tuesday during a Capitol Hill forum hosted by the Missile Defense Advocacy Alliance (MDAA). “The fact of the matter is we need a combination of both.”Thomas Karako, a senior fellow with…

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