Bill Nelson: “General Kadish, should we proceed with deployment of the GMD system if we have not yet completed a successful test that…”

Everything that we are doing is being approached in this commercial public/private partnership.

Understand that this isn't all like we are pouring money down a rathole. Look what it is doing for our country.

What we are going to do is a multi-year test, taking it to different locations all over the United States, and see if the muffled roar is acceptable to the people on the ground.

This is a watershed moment for planetary defense and all of humanity.