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House Appropriators Cut Half Of Guam Missile Defense Funds

Wednesday, July 14th, 2021

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House Appropriators Cut Half Of Guam Missile Defense Funds

The Aegis Ashore site at Deveselu Air Base, Romania. It was the final component of Phase II of the European Phased Adaptive Approach (EPAA) missile defense program. (Photo: Missile Defense Agency)

The House Appropriations Defense subcommittee cut nearly half of a Defense Department request to start working on air and missile defenses for Guam due to a lack of detailed information. The Missile Defense Agency’s (MDA) FY ‘22 budget request sought over $118 million for the initial development of integrated air and missile defense systems for Guam. This was divided into $78.3 million to assess systems to support Guam defense and $40 million in procurement of long-lead items (Defense Daily, June…

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