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DoD Seeks Funding Shift To Boost Missile Defense

By Marc Selinger

Thursday, September 28th, 2017

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DoD Seeks Funding Shift To Boost Missile Defense

A Ground-based Midcourse Defense interceptor launch. Photo: Missile Defense Agency.

The Department of Defense has asked Congress to approve shifting $416 million in previously approved funds to beef up missile defenses and other anti-missile efforts, a DoD official said Sept. 28.The reprogramming request would buy 20 more ground-based interceptor (GBI) missiles to counter long-range ballistic missiles, said Rob Soofer, deputy assistant secretary of defense for nuclear and missile defense policy.The Ground-based Midcourse Defense (GMD) system, whose prime contractor is Boeing [BA], already is slated to reach 44 fielded GBI's, mostly…

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