The Missile Defense Agency and US Navy successfully intercepted a target missile during its last few seconds of flight using a sea-based missile—the first such occurrence. Aegis cruiser USS Lake Erie detected the short-range target missile and directed a Standard Missile-2 interceptor to the target, completely destroying the target.
A new report from the Government Accountability Office calls for the Pentagon’s Chief Technology Officer to have budget certification authority over the military services’ research and development accounts—a move the services say would add a burdensome and unnecessary layer of bureaucracy.
