The Defense Department has stepped up its strategy to assess potential systems against intercontinental ballistic missile threats, Reuters reported Wednesday.DoD elevated anti-ICBM technology assessment efforts following the completion of a simulated ICBM interception test last month at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California.
A June 6 department memo seen by Reuters says the Boeing-built Ground-Based Midcourse Defense system offers a capacity to protect the homeland from multiple intermediate-range and intercontinental missile threats using basic countermeasures.
Vice Adm. Jim Syring, director of the Missile Defense Agency, said during a congressional hearing the U.S. defense program still has room for improvement despite DoD’s efforts to address challenges related to the system’s reliability over the past five years.
