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GOP Hawks Blame Missile Test Failure On Obama Cuts

Julie Samuel

Monday, July 15th, 2013

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GOP Hawks Blame Missile Test Failure On Obama Cuts

A group of pro-defense Republicans is blaming President Barack Obama’s missile-defense budget cuts for contributing to the failure of a recent missile-interceptor test. A Ground-based Interceptor launched from Vandenberg AFB in California failed to hit a long-range ballistic-missile target over the Pacific Ocean on July 5. The previous two tests of the interceptor, currently used in Alaska and California, also failed. “While it may take some time to reach a final diagnosis of the cause of the July 5th test…

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