December 2003? This website is really outdated; it doesn't list any of its sources, and I need to see this through a non-Liberal biased lens.
Although Martin doesn't directly support a Star Wars-esque program, implementing 40 some odd land/sea based anti-missile systems would be a logical first step towards eventually putting weapons into space. This, by the way, wouldn't be a cheap program. I'd rather have a few billion dollars spent into saving the environment or helping health care then to invest it into a program based on shooting missiles at other missiles, (which is about as effective as trying to stop a fired bullet by firing another bullet at it lol).