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Space

Shift In European Missile Defense Plan Opens Door For New Uses For Ship-Based BMD

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Monday, December 7th, 2009

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By Geoff Fein 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…

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