Attempt to shoot down spy satellite to cost up to $60 million
American taxpayers will have to cough out $60 million to shoot down one of its billon dollar spy satellite.
CNN reports that each SM-3 missile costs nearly $10 million and the total cost of modifying and preparing for the intercept will cost between $40 to $60 million.
Meanwhile
Russia said Saturday that the intercept may be a veiled test of America's missile defense system.
"There is an impression that the United States is trying to use the accident with its satellite to test its national anti-missile defense system's capability to destroy other countries' satellites," Russia's Defense Ministry said in a statement.
Sources
Attempt to shoot down spy satellite to cost up to $60 million
Russia: US Satellite Shot a Weapons Test
Labels: L21
| | |
|
|
