美战略防御计划局(SDIO)负责人亨利·库珀说,如果国会能为SDIO重新确定的重点的战区防御计划每年拨款约60亿美元,那么在2000年之前,拦截能力是爱国者导弹100倍的弹道导弹拦截器的重量将会减小到5～9公斤,这样它们就可快速部署在海军舰艇和空军飞机上。 美国的爱国者导弹在海湾战争中成功地拦截了飞毛腿导弹之后,布什总统透露了美国对付有限攻击的全球防御计划(GPALS)的重点。GPALS将保护美国的海外驻军及其盟国免遭弹道导弹的攻击,并防御来自苏 Henry Cooper, head of the U.S. Department of Strategic Defense and Planning (SDIO), said that if Congress were to allocate about $ 6 billion a year to the redesigned SDIO focused theater defense plan, by 2000 the ability to intercept would have been 100 times more than the Patriot missiles Of the ballistic missile interceptors will be reduced to 5 to 9 kg so they can be quickly deployed on naval vessels and Air Force aircraft. After the U.S. Patriot missiles successfully intercepted the Scud missiles in the Gulf War, President Bush revealed the United States’ focus on the GPALS under the limited attacks. GPALS will protect the U.S. overseas garrisons and their allies against ballistic missiles and will defend themselves from the Soviet Union