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The Missile Defense Agency has signed a contract with Raytheon from January 2013 through May 2015 increasing funding for modification of the AN/TPY-2 radar, a critical part of the ballistic missile defense system, which is deployed on land and at sea. The contract is one facet of a broader effort
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Date:
12/21/2012
The future of the intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) leg of the nuclear Triad is again subject to debate. On the one hand, a recent study by Global Zero called for steep reductions in the U.S. nuclear arsenal, including elimination of the entire land-based component. Under this plan, the
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Date:
6/5/2012
InsideDefense.com blogger John Liang reports that Montana's two Democratic senators are up in arms over the prospect that intercontinental ballistic missiles based in their state might be retired. Liang revealed on December 9 that Max Baucus and Jon Tester had sent a letter to defense secretary
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Date:
12/13/2011
Less than a year ago, the Obama Administration cancelled plans for the so-called Third Site ground-based missile defense in Europe arguing that the near-term threat did not warrant deployment of a high-end defensive capability. Instead, the administration declared that it was pursuing a phased adaptive
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Date:
4/26/2010



