Testing vs. Fielding.

The article discusses the budget of the U.S. Missile Defense Agency (MDA), which has funded research into ballistic-missile-defeating technologies and must begin to field proven systems in 2012. U.S. defense budget cuts, nuclear warhead technology programs in North Korea and Iran, and foreign stockpiles of missiles are discussed. Technology from defense company Lockheed Martin, MDA director Patrick O'Reilly, and MDA employee morale is discussed.