Key Issue: ABM-Missile Defense Continue the Sea-Based Terminal-Phase Missile Defense Programby Baker Spring Link to: | PDF (69k) | No. 797 December 19, 2001 Produced by the Kathryn and Shelby Cullom Davis Institute for International Studies Published by The Heritage Foundation 214 Massachusetts Ave., N.E. Washington, D.C. 20002-4999 (202) 546-4400http://www.heritage.org On December 14, Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition Edward C. Aldridge announced that the Department of Defense is canceling the Navy's missile defense program for protecting small areas such as port facilities. This program-until recently known as the Navy Area-Wide (NAW) program-was designed to destroy attacking missiles in...
