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White House Objects To Missile Defense Provisions In Senate Defense Bill

Wednesday, June 27th, 2018

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White House Objects To Missile Defense Provisions In Senate Defense Bill

The White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) objected to several missile defense-related provisions in the Senate’s draft FY ’19 defense authorization act in a statement Tuesday.The administration objects to Section 1660D of the bill, S. 2987, which would require the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) to develop a space-based missile defense intercept later irrespective of what the upcoming Missile Defense Review recommends.The provision withdraws a measure of statutory flexibility on what kind of boost-phase intercept capability the agency should…

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