The administration's decision to shift its missile defense policy for Europe away from a land-based system has allowed for the Navy to examine using its ship-based ballistic missile interceptor, the Standard Missile (SM), in a different way, according to panelists at a National Defense University (NDU) Sea Based Missile Defense symposium. The Navy is currently using Raytheon's [RTN] SM-3 Block 1A aboard all Aegis ballistic missile defense (BMD) capable ships. That missile provides large territorial coverage and has to be…
Shift In European Missile Defense Plan Offers New Uses For Ship-Based BMD
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