On May 7, 2009, the Obama Administration announced its FY 2010 defense budget which reduces missile defense spending by $1.62billion. The programs that require funds include the Ground-basedMidcourse Defense (GMD) interceptors and the Multiple Kill Vehicle(MKV). Congress must confront the Obama Administration over itsopposition to placing missile defense interceptors where they canbe most effective in space.
Congress and the American people need to understand that, despiterecent progress in putting missile defense systems in the field,the U.S. remains largely vulnerable to the ballistic missilethreat. The Bush Administration and Congress need to accelerate theeffort to develop and deploy effective missile defense by focusingon systems that offer the greatest capability.