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U.S. Plans: Defense Officials to Brief Bush on Missile Defense Progress U.S. Defense Department officials are scheduled to visit vacationing President George W. Bush at his Texas ranch this month and brief him on the developing national missile defense system, Defense Daily reported today (see GSN, Aug. 6). Bush is not faced with any imminent missile defense decisions, but the Pentagon delegation will most likely bring the president up to speed on construction at Fort Greely in Alaska and flight test plans. Construction on the first Ground-based Midcourse Defense System interceptor silo is set to be finished this month, and the sixth is due to be completed by February. The Missile Defense Agency intends to station four interceptors at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. The system is scheduled to be deployed by the end of next year. Defense officials have not yet fixed a firm date to visit the ranch (Kerry Gildea, Defense Daily, Aug. 7).
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