The score was one hit, one miss, in an Aegis system ballistic missile defense (BMD) test in the Pacific where the Navy for the first time ran the BMD test itself, without oversight by the Missile Defense Agency, the Navy Third Fleet announced. That 50-50 result comes as some Democrats in Congress are poised once again to try cutting missile defense funding next year. Despite the one-hit, one-miss test results, the record for the Aegis and Standard Missile system shows…
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