Gosh, reading this you'd almost think that the Democrats' claims that SDI was a fantasy on a par with "Star Wars" has been proven completely and utterly false, and that SDI is alive and well, and soon to be a reality.
But that couldn't be, could it? I'd better call up NBCCBSABCCNNNYTTIMENEWSWEEK to get the truth.
This article worries me a bit. First, the Navy has successfully demonstrated a kill from a sea-based missile. By all accounts, the Navy is mating existing hardware (Aegis Cruisers & Standard SAM-3 Missiles) with a new kill vehicle. All this is being done on-time and on-budget (if you believe the written accounts).
Now along comes another supplier with a completely different land-based system involving a totally new missile/kill vehicle and they want the Navy to buy it virtually sight-unseen. Will the new missile even fit into the existing vertical launch systems on the Aegis ships? Big mistake gentleman! Maintain the objective and go with what works!