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Pentagon Seeks $10.5 Billion for Missile Defense
The U.S. Defense Department announced yesterday that it has requested $10.5 billion for missile defense activities in the fiscal 2009 budget (see GSN, Nov. 8, 2007). If approved by Congress, that amount would constitute a $600 million increase from funding in the current budget, the Pentagon said in a press release. The total Defense Department budget request for the next fiscal year, which begins Oct. 1, is $515.4 billion (U.S. Defense Department release, Feb. 4). The U.S. Missile Defense Agency would receive $9.3 billion of the missile shield funding, directing the money toward various projects intended to protect the The Pentagon agency would direct $405 million toward the Airborne Laser program (see GSN, Jan. 10), which received $474 million for this financial year, according to an agency budget document. Funding for the multiple kill vehicle would rise from $228 million to $344 million (see GSN, July 21, 2006). The Kinetic Energy Interceptor would receive $375 million, a nearly $50 million increase from present funding (see GSN, Sept. 12, 2007). The Bush administration wants $720 million for its planned deployment of missile shield elements in
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