Buoyed by November's successful intercept test of their sea-based missile shield under the most realistic scenario to date, officials with the U.S. Missile Defense Agency (MDA) are increasingly optimistic that the system is ready to protect deployed U.S. forces against theater-based threats. The Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense System could even be pressed into service defending U.S. territory in an emergency, according to U.S. Navy Rear Adm. Alan Hicks, the MDA's Aegis program director. A standardized configuration of the system should be ready to go on alert by this summer, Hicks said Dec. 19 in a luncheon speech sponsored by the George C. Marshall Institute, a public policy think tank here.
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机译：受11月在迄今为止最现实的情况下成功对海基导弹护罩进行拦截测试的鼓舞，美国导弹防御局（MDA）的官员对该系统已准备好保护已部署的美军免受战区威胁的能力越来越乐观。 MDA的“宙斯盾”计划负责人美国海军少将艾伦·希克斯（Alan Hicks）表示，“宙斯盾”弹道导弹防御系统甚至可以在紧急情况下投入服务，以保卫美国领土。希克斯在12月19日的午餐演讲中说，该系统的标准化配置应该准备在今年夏天发出警报，该演讲由公共政策智囊团乔治·马歇尔研究所（George C. Marshall Institute）赞助。
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