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Space

Navy Ship Role In New Missile-Defense Architecture Questioned

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Monday, September 28th, 2009

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By Emelie Rutherford A Senate panel quizzed Pentagon brass Sept. 24 on the budget implications of the Obama administration's new European missile-defense plan, with some senators questioning if it will require more Navy ships. Army Lt. Gen. Patrick O'Reilly, the Missile Defense Agency director, emphasized the affordability of the missile-defense architecture that will use Raytheon's [RTN] Standard Missile-3 (SM-3) interceptors on water and land instead of Boeing's [BA] more-costly Ground-Based Interceptors in Eastern Europe. Obama said on Sept. 17 this…

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