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Bush Administration Budget Includes $10.4 Billion for Missile Defense in Fiscal 2007
The White House is seeking $10.4 billion in fiscal 2007 funding for U.S. missile defense programs, Inside the Pentagon reported yesterday (see GSN, Feb. 7). The Missile Defense Agency would receive $9.3 billion, a $1.6 billion increase over last year’s outlay, according to Defense Department budget documents. The remaining $1.1 billion would fund the Army’s Patriot missile program, a senior Pentagon official said Monday. The proposed Missile Defense Agency budget includes: $2.9 billion for midcourse defense; $1 billion each for ballistic missile terminal defense and Aegis ballistic missile defense; $507 million for ballistic missile defense products; $207 million for ballistic missile defense technology research; and $165 million for the multiple kill vehicle. The agency’s goals stated in its budget overview, according to Inside the Pentagon, are to: “complete development, fielding” of the initial ballistic missile defense capability; “provide the U.S. combatant commanders with support and sustainment” for the system; “develop a totally integrated capability during 2007 and beyond based on a strong core research and spiral development program”; “execute an increasingly complex test program concurrent with operations”; and “establish a robust international foundation for missile defense” (John Liang, Inside the Pentagon, Feb. 9).
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