By Dave Ahearn There aren't enough Aegis missile defense ships at this point to provide a fully complete and effective shield protecting Europe, according to a top admiral. Rear Adm. Brad Hicks, the Aegis program director with the Missile Defense Agency, spoke last week with sister publication Space & Missile Defense Report about the Lockheed Martin [LMT] Aegis sea-based ballistic missile system, with its Raytheon [RTN] Standard Missile interceptors He was asked--if the European Missile Defense system that the United…
Navy Aegis Program Needs 200 To 250 More Standard Missiles Than Planned By 2015
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