Given "the potential of our adversaries to employ ballistic and cruise missiles as an asymmetric weapon of choice," the Army and the joint force must continue to modernize their own capabilities, according to the head of Space and Missile Defense Command and Army Forces Strategic Command. Lt. Gen. James Dickinson, who also serves as the Joint Functional Component Commander for Integrated Missile Defense, addressed the 20th annual SMD Symposium in Huntsville, AL on Aug. 9. He noted that America's "potential...