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Senate Panel Fences Off Half Of Layered Missile Defense Funds Until Report Submitted

Senate Panel Fences Off Half Of Layered Missile Defense Funds Until Report Submitted
The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) and U.S. Navy sailors manning the Aegis Ashore Missile Defense Test Complex (AAMDTC) at the Pacific Missile Range Facility (PMRF) in Kauai, Hawaii, successfully conduct launch a Standard Missile-3 Block IIA interceptor in Flight Test Integrated-03 (FTI-03). (Photo: Missile Defense Agency)

The Senate Armed Services Committee’s draft FY 2021 defense authorization bill is fencing off half the funds the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) requested for a layered homeland missile defense system until it receives a detailed report. The Defense Department’s FY ’21 budget request set out a plan to explore using the Aegis ballistic missile defense system with land-based Standard Missile-3 (SM-3) Block IIA interceptors and/or U.S. based Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) batteries to provide a layered homeland missile…

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