Defense Analyst Challenges Space-Based Interceptor Feasibility

Israel's Iron Dome.

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A national missile shield based on space-based interceptors scales poorly against salvo attacks, an analyst for a conservative-leaning think tank says. “The space-based part of this [concept], I think it is not that useful or helpful in the end,” Todd Harrison, a senior fellow at the American...
Steve Trimble

Steve covers military aviation, missiles and space for the Aviation Week Network, based in Washington DC.

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