While Democrats may be tempted to cut defense spending and redirect funds to programs propping up a weakened economy, it would be a disastrous mistake to slash funding for ballistic missile defense programs, especially those that kill enemy missiles in their most vulnerable phase of flight. Democrats especially shouldn't touch funding for the Airborne Laser (ABL) and the Kinetic Energy Interceptor (KEI), as well as NCADE. So says Loren B. Thompson, chief operating officer for The Lexington Institute, a think…
Analyst To Obama: Airborne Laser, Kinetic Energy Interceptor Critically Needed To Counter Rising Threat
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