Guard Association Opposes Army's Proposed SLAMRAAM Kill

By Debbie Siegelbaum, Jason Sherman / October 4, 2010 at 9:11 PM
The Army has recommended killing the Surface-Launched Advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missile program, according to the National Guard Association, which opposes the move. In the letter dated Sept. 22 from the association president, retired Maj. Gen. Gus Hargett, to Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH), a member of the Senate Appropriations defense subcommittee, the group said it recently “learned that the Army Staff has recommended termination” of SLAMRAAM. The Guard association, which “has been actively working with the Army to expedite fielding” of...

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