A Standard Missile-3 Block 1A interceptor is launched from the guided-missile cruiser USS Lake Erie during a Missile Defense Agency and U.S. Navy test in the Pacific Ocean February 13, 2013. The SM-3 Block 1A successfully intercepted a target missile that had been launched from the Pacific Missile Range Facility, Barking Sands, Kauai, Hawaii. Picture taken February 13, 2013. Credit: Reuters/U.S. Navy/Handout
Exclusive: Pentagon To Boost Missile Defense Spending By Over $4 Billion: Sources -- Reuters
(Reuters) - The U.S. Defense Department plans to ask Congress for $4.5 billion in extra missile defense funding over the next five years as part of the fiscal 2015 budget request, say congressional sources and an expert.
Nearly $1 billion of that sum will pay for a new homeland defense radar to be placed in Alaska, with an additional $560 million to fund work on a new interceptor after several failed flight tests, said Riki Ellison, founder of the nonprofit Missile Defense Advocacy Alliance, and two of the congressional sources, who were not authorized to speak publicly.
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Update #1: Pentagon wants additional $4.5 bln to fix failed missile defense interceptors -- RT
Update #2: Pentagon's 2015 budget request includes $4.5 billion boost for missile defense -- al.com
My Comment: Some are wondering if this is a waste of money since missiles with Hypersonic capabilities may render missile defense obsolete?
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