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Wednesday, March 14, 2007

Boeing-Missile Defense Works Better Than Expected
Scott Fancher, Boeing's vice president and program director of the ground-based midcourse (GMD) missile defense system, said the system proved more reliable than expected and required less maintenance when it went on alert for a prolonged period last summer before a series of North Korean missile tests.

"The system was much more robust than we had hoped," he said, referring to its software and memory banks.

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