Target locked! Congress plots East Coast missile defense - Decoder

Even as the nation frets over the fiscal cliff Congress is pushing along an $8.5 billion plan to protect the East Coast with a missile defense system, mainly to shield New York City and Washington from a possible Iranian strike. Reuters correspondent Jim Wolf explains how the system would work and why it's under consideration again. (December 24, 2012)

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