U.S. Sets Missile Defense for Europe, Space

The Pentagon has plans to deploy missile interceptors in space and Europe over the next several years, even though it requested little or no funding for these activities in its latest budget proposal in February.

Speaking April 11 to a Washington audience, Missile Defense Agency (MDA) Director lieutenant General Henry Obering said he did not know if space-based missile interceptors would work, but argued they are "worth the experimentation." The general asserted there was "a lot of attractiveness" about space-based interceptors because of the broad coverage they could provide and their potential quick-response capability to an enemy's missile launch.

Obering said MDA did not …