Using sea-based Aegis weapon control systems and Standard Missiles to protect Europe from Iranian missile attacks would cost almost twice as much as the European Missile Defense (EMD) system proposed by the Missile Defense Agency (MDA), according to a new report from the Congressional Budget Office (CBO). Some Democrats in Congress would like to defer or jettison the EMD system that would be built in the Czech Republic (radar) and Poland (interceptors in ground silos), and instead rely on Aegis…
Study Says Using Aegis Ships Instead Of European Missile Defense Would Cost Twice As Much As EMD
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