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Administration Objects To House NDAA RKV Reductions

Administration Objects To House NDAA RKV Reductions
Two Ground-Based Interceptors (GBI) launch from Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. on March 25, 2019, in the first salvo test of an ICBM target. The GBIs successfully intercepted a target launched from the Ronald Reagan Ballistic Missile Defense Test Site on Kwajalein Atoll. (Photo: Missile Defense Agency)

The White House “strongly objects” to missile defense provisions in the House Armed Services Committee’s mark of the FY ’20 defense authorization bill reducing Missile Defense Agency (MDA) funds. The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) issued a Statement of Administration Policy on July 9 regarding the House’s FY ’20 National Defense Authorization Act outlining its objections, which includes a $413 million reduction in Missile Defense Agency (MDA) funds. The administration specifically opposes a $150 million reduction in the Improved…

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