DOD has new blueprint for domestic cruise missile defense system; eyes demo in FY-23

By Jason Sherman / April 6, 2022 at 4:13 PM
The Defense Department has identified a potential solution to protecting domestic airspace against new, long-range, conventional strike weapons designed to hobble critical domestic infrastructure -- and top brass are asking for $50 million above and beyond the Pentagon's fiscal year 2023 budget request for a Cruise Missile Defense-Homeland Kill Chain Demonstration. North American Aerospace Defense Command, U.S. Northern Command and the Missile Defense Agency have drafted a blueprint for detecting and tracking cruise missiles to address what officials say is...

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