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Missile Primer

NPR | By Lynn Neary
Published December 18, 2002 at 12:00 AM EST

Lynn Neary talks with Dr. Raymond Askew, Dir. of Space Research Development at Texas A & M university, about how a system to defend the nation against ballistic missile attacks would work. President Bush has called for an early system to be in place by 2004.

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Lynn Neary is an NPR arts correspondent covering books and publishing.
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