Defense Secretary Visits Greely, Urges More Testing of Missile Shield

Donald Rumsfeld got a first hand look at the US Missile Defense system during his recent visit to Fort Greely when he descended into a silo to view one of ten 54 foot long interceptors currently in place. At a news conference later, Secretary Rumsfeld said "more complete and realistic testing" of the system was needed. An 11th interceptor is scheduled to be installed today, and a target missile test from Kodiak and Vandenberg AFB is scheduled for Thursday.

Read the Associated Press story here

For another view of Secretary Rumsfeld's visit, read The New York Times article