Missile Defense Agency requests $10.9B in FY24, and tens of billions more after that
One of MDA's biggest investments in FY24 is for the Next Generation Interceptor, with $2.1 billion requested.
North Korea Must Pay Massive Price For Otto’s Murder
North Korea captured and brutalized Otto Warmbier for doing nothing more than holding American citizenship. After more than a year as a hostage in a comatose state, Otto was returned to his parents. He died on Monday. North Korean officials murdered Otto. Brutalizing Otto as the North Koreans did was not just an act of aggression against him. It […]
Missile Defense R&D Getting Short Shrift: CSIS
UPDATE MDA Deputy says transfer talks with services “making progress” WASHINGTON: Long-range R&D for missile defense is being squeezed by near-term needs, warns a new report from the Center for Strategic & International Studies. The problem? The duties of the Missile Defense Agency keep expanding even as its budget shrinks. CSIS’s solution? Reform MDA in either […]
‘Limited’ Missile Defense Must Remain So: Philip Coyle
Some members of Congress are rightfully calling for reform to the U.S. national missile defense program, but the change they suggest – removing the word “limited” from current U.S. policy – will carelessly expand the program and waste billions of dollars. If we’re serious about improving national missile defense, Congress must reform the objectives of the […]