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Friday, October 08, 2010

Missile Project Under Pressure

Patriot PAC-3The Pentagon and its European partners are weighing the fate of a multibillion-dollar effort to replace the Patriot missile-defense system amid the U.S. defense secretary's drive to cut costs.

At stake is the future of the Medium Extended Air Defense System, or MEADS, an air and missile defense system that is supposed to protect troops from shorter-range ballistic missiles, low-flying cruise missiles and enemy aircraft.

With affordability the new watchword at the Pentagon, the $16.5 billion program represents one potential target for cost-cutters.

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