HUNTSVILLE, AL -- Once the Army takes over management of several Ground-based Midcourse Defense system components of the Ballistic Missile Defense System, the service will need more money from a dedicated defense-wide account to fund that effort, according to the head of Army Space and Missile Defense Command. "From an Army service perspective, the key issue . . . is affordability of these systems, so if we're going to transfer elements of the Ground-based Midcourse [Defense] system -- GMD --...
