Missile defense advocates highlight recent test in arguing for larger budget

By Justin Doubleday / June 6, 2017 at 1:56 PM
Missile defense boosters in Congress are using last week's successful test of the Ground-based Midcourse Defense system to push for more spending on anti-missile technology. In a June 2 interview, Rep. Trent Franks (R-AZ), a member of the House Armed Services Committee and chair of the Congressional Missile Defense Caucus, said the May 30 test of the GMD system "justifies" putting more money behind missile defense. The test was the first successful interception of an ICBM-class target . Franks says...

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