The price tag for the collection of weapons programs that comprise the Ballistic Missile Defense System increased by more than $4 billion over the last year, bringing the estimated total cost to develop and acquire the Missile Defense Agency-managed projects to $132 billion, the Pentagon reported to Congress last week. In a summary of its 2012 Selected Acquisition Reports to Congress, the Pentagon said program costs for all MDA-overseen projects increased by $9.5 billion, but that these augmentations were offset...
