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Saturday, August 21, 2010

New ICBM Killer Could Grow Beyond Aegis

SM-3Though the U.S. Missile Defense Agency wants its future SM-3 IIB ICBM-killer to be “compliant” with the Aegis system, the weapon could expand beyond the confines of the Aegis MK41 vertical launcher.

MDA is now in the early stages of planning for a procurement of its new interceptor, which is dubbed SM-3 IIB to emphasize the need to integrate with existing SM-3 systems.

But it is not assumed that SM-3 manufacturer Raytheon will necessarily win the contract to do this work.

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