By Dave Ahearn Secretary of Defense Robert Gates yesterday afternoon unveiled his wishes for defense spending in the next budget year that would curb procurement in the Airborne Laser and Ground-based Midcourse Defense missile protection programs. His plan next year would purchase no more aircraft beyond the one ABL plane now operating, and would buy no further interceptors for the GMD system in Alaska, contrary to earlier plans. Rather, there would be testing on the GMD system. The ABL has…
Gates Plan Curbs ABL, GMD Buys; EMD Uses Old Funds
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