That is referring to the system in Alaska. The decision yesterday doesn't seem to change anything about the development of the system in Alaska which is designed to combat long range missiles from Russia.
The new system is ostensibly about defending Europe from missiles from Iran and N. Korea, which would be a different class of missile and require a different type of defense. Hence the change in strategy and equipment. Judah On Fri, Sep 18, 2009 at 3:09 PM, Sam <sammyc...@gmail.com> wrote: > > 2nd to last paragraph: > > In an interview, the Pentagon's point-man on missile defense, Marine > Gen. James Cartwright, stressed that development of the old > ground-based interceptor system would not stop. > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:304524 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
