While some of these weapon and sensor systems like the Electromagnetic Railgun or the Free Electron Laser are at least a decade away, the Laser Weapon System and Air and Missile Defense Radar systems are almost ready for prime time deployment today.

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That is the site in Moorestown, New Jersey where the Navy tests the radars for its Aegis combat system, the most capable air- and missile-defense system in the world.

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For the fifth time out of six attempts, Navy ships successfully tracked, intercepted and destroyed a ballistic missile in-fight, using their existing AEGIS fleet air defense systems and a new Standard Missile, dubbed the SM-3.

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From August 1998 to February 2000, Myers was commander-in-chief of the North American Aerospace Defense Command and U.S. Space Command, and commander of Air Force Space Command, responsible for U.S. defense via space and intercontinental ballistic missile operations.

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One Pentagon official said that since early January, a team including 200 industry experts and scientists had worked furiously to modify the Aegis air-defense missile system so it could shoot down the satellite.

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