Global missile defense from space got more affordable

Washington DC (SPX) Sep 28, 2021

The Defense Department hopes, within the decade, to have a meshed network of low Earth orbit satellites - linked together and to warfighters - providing real-time global awareness of missile threats and the ability to respond. However, that goal was once considered cost prohibitive, said the director of the Space Development Agency. Derek M. Tournear participated in a Defense One vir