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INDOPACOM’s $11 Billion Unfunded List Includes Guam Defenses, Classified Space Efforts

By Matthew Beinart

Tuesday, March 19th, 2024

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INDOPACOM’s $11 Billion Unfunded List Includes Guam Defenses, Classified Space Efforts

Sensors at the Ronald Reagan Ballistic Missile Defense Test Site (RTS) at Kwajalein Atoll, Republic of the Marshall Islands. (Photo: U.S. Army)

U.S. Indo-Pacific Command’s (INDOPACOM) $11 billion unfunded priorities list for fiscal year 2025 seeks an additional $430 million for the Guam defense systems and $1.4 billion for classified space programs, according to a copy of the document obtained by Defense Daily. The list, submitted to Congress for consideration following the FY ‘25 budget rollout, includes requests for an additional $2.7 billion for procurement, $2 billion for research and development efforts, $3.4 billion for military construction projects, $1.3 billion for operations…

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