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Obering Says Interceptors Can Be Deployed In Poland On Time In 2013, If Congress Provides Needed Funds

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Monday, June 23rd, 2008

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Interceptors in the planned European Missile Defense (EMD) system can be deployed on time in 2013 if Congress provides sufficient funding, though any requirement that a test- article interceptor be launched first might slow progress in the program, Lt. Gen. Henry "Trey" Obering III, the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) director said this afternoon. Obering spoke with defense journalists after speaking before a missile defense forum of the Lexington Institute, a think tank near the Pentagon focusing on defense and other…

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