Blocki B News Today

In passing the FY 2012 defense authorization and appropriations bills, Congress missed an ideal opportunity to reverse the damage that the Obama Administration inflicted on U.S. missile defense programs in 2010

If Congress is going to cut the Block II-B development effort, it should direct the Navy to test an earlier version of the Standard missile against a long-range target missile as soon as possible.

Despite the increasing North Korean missile threat, the Obama Administration has reduced funding for several missile defense programs.