Is MEADs A Missile To Nowhere?

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‘Missile To Nowhere’ Survives -- DoD Buzz

Army generals have said repeatedly the service doesn’t want it. The Senate voted 94–5 to kill funding in its final year. But much like Michael Myers in the Halloween horror series, this missile defense system just won’t die.

Lockheed Martin’s Medium Extended Air and Missile Defense System, better known as MEADS, sounds like a weapons system the U.S. military might want to invest. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel recently announced a $1 billion program to improve U.S. ballistic missile defenses following the nuclear tests and threats from North Korea.

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Update: Stop-gap spending measure funds MEADS missile defense -- Reuters

My Comment: If the termination fees are nearly the same as completion cost ... there is no point in killing the program. But what I like to know is who was the 'idiot' who made sure that this provision was written in the bill.