
The highest priority to carry out a new presidential directive aimed at creating a comprehensive missile defense shield to protect the homeland is more domain awareness, particularly at ranges beyond current capabilities, the nation’s top officer charged with defending the U.S. said on Thursday. Next is the need to build on existing missile intercept capabilities, including the Ground Based Interceptor (GBI) and future Next Generation Interceptor (NGI), to defeat ICBMs, Air Force Gen. Gregory Guillot, commander of U.S. Northern Command…