The agency also plans to launch a new, discriminating space sensor around the 2029 timeframe, MDA Director Air Force Lt. Gen. Heath Collins said.
By Michael MarrowAs anxiety rises over North Korean rocket tests, the Missile Defense Agency needs better radar to tell threats apart. Which of those distant blips is an InterContinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) warhead capable of hitting the US? Which is a burnt-out rocket boaster coasting harmlessly through space? Which is a decoy warhead designed to make MDA…
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