The Senate Armed Services Committee is proposing legislation that would direct the U.S. military to plan development of a space-based, ballistic missile interceptor fleet -- a project estimated to cost at least tens of billions of dollars -- even if the forthcoming Missile Defense Review does not call for such a capability. The Senate panel, in its version of the fiscal year 2019 defense authorization bill, adopted a motion directing the Missile Defense Agency to commence a space-based intercept program...
