Could a space-based sensor layer help stop missile attacks?
By: Nathan Strout   15 hours ago
Concerned by the rising threat of hypersonic weapons from China and Russia, the Senate Armed Services Committee included funding for the development of two space-based satellite systems that could help detect and track threats in its version of fiscal 2020 defense spending bill.
While the funding was not included in the Pentagon’s formal budget request for fiscal 2020, the Missile Defense Agency listed the development of a space-based sensor layer as it’s No. 1 unfunded priority in a March report to Congress.
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