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US agency forecasts cost for missile defense plans over next decade January 19 A threat-representative ICBM target launches from the Marshall Islands on March 25, 2019. It was successfully intercepted by two long-range Ground Based Interceptors launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif., in the first salvo test of GBIs. (Courtesy of the U.S. Missile Defense Agency) WASHINGTON The Pentagon could be poised to spend $176 billion over 10 years if it carries out plans informed by the Missile Defense Review published in 2019, which is roughly 40 percent higher than previous budget projections made by the agency that provides budget information to Congress. The Congressional Budget Office released a report Jan. 14, as required by the fiscal 2019 National Defense Authorization Act, that attempts to estimate the 10-year costs of implementing recommendations in the MDR.
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North Korea, showing signs of quickly advancing tech, says the entire U.S. is within its missile striking range. Experts disagree.
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A U.S. B1-B bomber is escorted by a South Korean F-15K fighter as they fly over South Korea during a 10-hour mission from Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, into Japanese airspace and over the Korean Peninsula on July 30, 2017.(Photo: South Korean Air Force via EPA)
The United States confronted North Korea over its latest missile test amid signs that time is running out on efforts to halt the country’s headlong rush to build a nuclear weapon capable of reaching the United States.
US agency forecasts cost for missile defense plans over next decade January 19 A threat-representative ICBM target launches from the Marshall Islands on March 25, 2019. It was successfully intercepted by two long-range Ground Based Interceptors launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif., in the first salvo test of GBIs. (Courtesy of the U.S. Missile Defense Agency) WASHINGTON The Pentagon could be poised to spend $176 billion over 10 years if it carries out plans informed by the Missile Defense Review published in 2019, which is roughly 40 percent higher than previous budget projections made by the agency that provides budget information to Congress. The Congressional Budget Office released a report Jan. 14, as required by the fiscal 2019 National Defense Authorization Act, that attempts to estimate the 10-year costs of implementing recommendations in the MDR.
Why America needs a layered homeland missile defense Vic Mercado January 19 An animation from the U.S. Missile Defense Agency shows the steps involved in intercepting and destroying and intercontinental ballistic missile. Earlier this week, during the 8th congress of the Workers’ Party in Pyongyang, North Korea, as reported by North Korea’s Central News Agency, Kim Jong Un referred to the U.S. as “our biggest enemy” and outlined plans to upgrade the country’s nuclear forces, develop hypersonic weapons and solid-fuel intercontinental ballistic missiles, and build the ability to strike targets out to 15,000 kilometers, which would encompass the entire United States.