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House Defense Policy Bill Adds More THAAD Interceptors Due To China Concern

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House Defense Policy Bill Adds More THAAD Interceptors Due To China Concern
A THAAD system successfully launches and intercepts a medium-range target using a remote launcher kit in Flight Test THAAD (FTT)-23 at the Kwajalein Atoll in the Republic of the Marshall Islands (Photo: Missile Defense Agency)

The chairman of the House Armed Services Committee’s mark, or first draft, of the fiscal year 2024 defense authorization bill would add $100 million to fund six more Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) interceptors due to concerns about fielding and China. A senior committee aide told Defense Daily that in the wake of U.S. Strategic Command approving  the current Army requirements for two more THAAD batteries in 2018, Batteries 8 and 9, Chairman Mike Rogers (R-Ala.) is concerned current…

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