STRATCOM chief says 'affordable' options exist for space-based sensor layer

By Justin Doubleday / July 26, 2017 at 5:38 PM
As lawmakers direct the Pentagon to again pursue a space-based sensor layer for missile defense, a top general says developing such a system should not be expensive despite cost concerns quashing similar efforts in the past. Air Force Gen. John Hyten, the head of U.S. Strategic Command, said a space-based sensor capability has been a well-known requirement since the Reagan administration's Strategic Defense Initiative. Hyten was chief engineer on the Air Force's SDI program at the time. "The belief back...

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