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Space

DoD: New Missile Defense Plan To Protect Europe With ‘Proven’ Systems

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Monday, April 26th, 2010

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By Marina Malenic The Obama administration plans to provide full missile defense coverage of Europe against an Iranian attack by 2018 using "proven" U.S. systems, top Defense Department officials said recently. Bradley Roberts, deputy assistant defense secretary for nuclear and missile defense policy, told members of a House Armed Services subcommittee on April 15 that the planned missile defense system would cover "100 percent" of Europe by deploying land- and sea-based missile interceptors around the continent. President Barack Obama scrapped…

Congress

Key Defense Committee Members Face Tight Midterm Races, Including HASC GOP’ers In Virginia

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Budget

Hegseth Pushes For Reconciliation With At Least $350 Billion For Defense ‘Regardless’ Of Midterms Outcome

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Congress

Bipartisan Push in Senate to Hasten Export of 155 mm, GMLRS, HIMARS for Ukraine

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