The Navy announced this afternoon that it successfully tested the missile that will form the heart of the service's Area missile defense system, designed to protect ports, coastal airfields and troops moving ashore. This was the second attempt to fly the Standard Missile-2 block IVA missile. The first attempt scheduled for June 15 had to be scratched the day before because of software problems in the missile's onboard computer. Today's flight took place at 11:20 a.m. at White Sands Missile...
