Lawmakers, impatient with the Pentagon's plan to take five years to expand the ballistic missile defense interceptor fleet in Alaska, want the Missile Defense Agency to both draft options for accelerating emplacement of 20 new Ground-based Interceptors by at least a year as well as prepare a blueprint for an entire new missile field to potentially further expand the number of silos at Ft. Greely. The Senate Armed Services Committee has adopted legislation proposed by Sen. Dan Sullivan (R-AK) that...
