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Trump’s new missile defense strategy eyes space-based sensors

The plan also involves adding 20 more interceptors to an existing missile defense facility in Fort Greely.

By Phil Stewart, Reuters January 17, 2019
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WASHINGTON — U.S. President Donald Trump is due to unveil a revamped U.S. missile defense strategy on Thursday that looks at ways to boost America’s security, including by possibly deploying a new layer of space-based sensors to detect and track enemy missiles.

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