MDR directs a dozen follow-on studies with potential to expand programs, launch new starts

By Jason Sherman / January 17, 2019 at 2:35 PM
The 2019 Missile Defense Review directs a dozen follow-on studies with implications to dramatically expand the $180 billion Ballistic Missile Defense System by potentially growing the land- and sea-based interceptor fleets, adding the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter into the missile defense sensor network, initiating a hypersonic defense program and expanding space-based capabilities. Here is a summary of the 12 MDR-directed studies, nearly all of which are due in mid-June -- a point that would give Pentagon leaders the option to...

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