The Missile Defense Agency, citing a shortage and other program priorities, has shifted the next planned intercept test of the Navy's sea-based program from this spring to January 2005, a senior MDA official told InsideDefense.com today. The Navy is scheduled to field an early version of its system this fall. It will support an initial ground-based missile defense that the Bush administration says will provide limited protection against a possible North Korean missile attack. Six Aegis destroyers will provide long-range...