Pentagon Missile Defense Chiefs Call for Swift Adoption of Delayed Defense Bill

Officials say $886.3 billion NDAA, stalled $106 billion supplementary bill, needed to meet urgent munitions shortages, boost US Patriot, THAAD, Aegis forces.
Pentagon Missile Defense Chiefs Call for Swift Adoption of Delayed Defense Bill
A U.S. Army MIM-104 Patriot anti-missile defense launcher stands pointing east at Rzeszow-Jasionka Airport, near Rzeszow, Poland, on March 8, 2022. Sean Gallup/Getty Images
John Haughey
John Haughey
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Pentagon missile defense chiefs say the proposed $886.3 billion defense budget that hits the Senate floor this week provides urgently needed funding to address pressing shortfalls in missile systems, missiles, and missileers.

The massive appropriations package, or National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), earmarks more than $70 billion for “theater range” anti-missile systems to counter proliferating ballistic, cruise, hypersonic, and kinetic threats “across all realms.”

John Haughey
John Haughey
Reporter
John Haughey is an award-winning Epoch Times reporter who covers U.S. elections, U.S. Congress, energy, defense, and infrastructure. Mr. Haughey has more than 45 years of media experience. You can reach John via email at [email protected]
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