December 11, 2002


What's in your wallet?
A "kill vehicle" designed to destroy incoming warheads failed to separate from its booster today in a test over the Pacific, setting back a multibillion-dollar system under development to shield against ballistic missiles from countries such as Iraq, Iran and North Korea.

Developing a missile defense is the Pentagon's single most expensive program, likely to cost hundreds of billions of dollars over coming decades, including sea-, air- and space-based components. - link.

In a related story, Yemen gets to keep their scuds.


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