Conducting these demonstration programs will allow the Navy to make an informed, low-risk decision about the acquisition of an operational UCAS system later in the decade.

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We would do the work to create a data analysis engine, a way of monitoring devices, or an operational intelligence system and we would support some planned activity.

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So, for example, having an operational Airborne Laser system and a ground based system give the sea based interceptor more timely and accurate information with which to do its job.

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It is a brilliant system from an operational perspective, but relies on inexpensive oil as well as instantaneous communications.

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For example, even if the Alaska system becomes fully operational at an expanded 20-interceptor level, it would enable protection of only parts of the United States against incoming missiles, and no more than a handful at that.

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The new system, paradoxically, will mean an increase in reported "operational incidents" in the short term, officials said.

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Since it became operational in 1998, the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) has been an essential tool in the effort to ensure that individuals who are prohibited under Federal or State law from possessing firearms do not acquire them from Federal Firearms Licensees (FFLs).

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