The Pentagon's chief technologist says he wants to develop space-based lasers for missile defense within the next decade, an ambitious goal under a new pair of modernization tracks at the Defense Department. Mike Griffin, the under secretary for research and engineering, told the House Armed Services Committee today he wants to make sure the Defense Department strikes the "appropriate balance between funding innovative, disruptive basic research likely to see long-term returns on investment and addressing near-term operational needs and military...
