The Missile Defense Agency will give the Airborne Laser program three chances to intercept a boosting target missile before deciding whether to cancel the effort entirely, the agency's director said this week. "What we've set up in our budget is, we're giving it a chance for three strikes," Army Lt. Gen. Patrick O'Reilly said at a conference sponsored by the National Defense University. "It's going to fly in September/October, that time frame, and if it is not successful there, we're...
