In a new review of the nation’s ballistic missile defense program, Congressional Research Service analysts say the data on flight test efforts to develop a national missile defense system is “mixed and ambiguous.” There is no conclusive evidence of a learning curve from more than two decades of testing, the report states. And, CRS believes tests lack realism. What is its ultimate conclusion on the efficacy of the kinetic hit-to-kill concept—which it says has consumed most of the $100 billion spent on missile defense since the mid-1980s—it doesn’t have one because it would be “ambiguous at this juncture.” Ah, thanks.
PHOTOS: Air Force Shows Off Second B-21 in New Images
Sept. 12, 2025
On Sept. 12, the Air Force released half a dozen new photos of the second B-21 bomber to fly, giving observers and aviation enthusiasts another glimpse of the secretive Raider.
