Defense Secretary Mark Esper was sidelined in recent weeks as Pentagon leaders decided the fate of the Redesigned Kill Vehicle program, an intentional recusal from the eventual decision to terminate the failed $1.2 billion project in which Esper's former employer Raytheon played a major role. Missile Defense Agency spokesman Mark Wright said in a statement that Esper was not involved in the Aug. 14 decision to terminate the RKV program, an effort to improve the warhead of the Ground-based Midcourse...
