http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/11/11/AR2007111101173.html
Space Defense Program Gets Extra Funding By Walter Pincus
Monday, November 12, 2007; Page A19
While wrestling with wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, the Pentagon is
preparing weapons to fight the next battle from space, according to information
in the 621-page, House-Senate conference report on the fiscal 2008 defense
appropriations bill.
The $459 billion bill, which awaits President Bush's signature, provides $100
million for a new "prompt global strike" program that could deliver a
conventional, precision-guided warhead anywhere in the world within two hours.
It takes funds away from development of a conventional warhead for the Navy's
submarine-launched Trident Intercontinental Ballistic Missile and from an Air
Force plan for the Common Aero Vehicle.
An artist's rendering of the Falcon vehicle, which is expected to be capable
of delivering 12,000 pounds of payload. (Defense Advanced Research Projects
Agency)
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