It is meant to fly into space atop an interceptor rocket and smash apart enemy warheads by force of impact.
Pentagon officials said an increase in research money could allow commanders to expand testing of interceptor rockets and other components already being developed.
So you'll take up some interceptor rockets to be used against anything of the sort.
Purpose of second smearing is to force them to use up interceptor rockets.
But Pentagon officials are now saying that the space-based interceptor rockets also fall into that category.
The interceptor rocket did not fail but will live to see another day.
The test would involve the use of interceptor rockets and space-based sensors.
On the legal questions, the Pentagon report assumes that the broad interpretation would allow testing of space-based interceptor rockets.
The ground-based interceptor rocket at the heart of the Pentagon program has had test failures.
Your ship carries half a dozen long-range interceptor rockets to handle any attack from Earth.