Missile Offense Funding Grows in Congress
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On May 12, the House Armed Services Strategic Forces Subcommittee voted to increase “missile defense” spending. The subcommittee, which is in charge of oversight for missile defense programs, added $361.6 million to the FY 2011 missile defense budget. This additional funding, combined with President Obama’s budget request of $9.9 billion, would bring total spending on missile defense for 2011 to $10.3 billion. Below is a list of the programs that will receive additional funding:
- Airborne Laser: $50 million
- PAC-3: $133.6 million>
- AN/TPY-2: $65 million
- Aegis SM-3s: $50 million
- U.S. Israeli Program: $88 million
Further amendments increasing missile offense funding are likely when the full Armed Services Committee meets for mark-up of the 2011 National Defense Authorization Act on May 19.
This funding comes as social progress in the U.S. is being defunded by the Democrats who run the government.
