East Coast BMD

Rep. Mike Turner (R-OH) and 15 other House Armed Services Committee members are urging House Appropriations defense subcommittee Chairman Bill Young (R-FL) to include $250 million in funding in the fiscal year 2014 defense spending bill for the East Coast missile defense site.

In a letter sent today, the lawmakers write:

Specifically, in light of the recent cancellation of the SM-3 Block IIB program, it is incumbent upon the Congress, in the absence of aggressive action by the President, to deploy an East Coast site to defend the United States from the rising threat of ballistic missile development from the Islamic Republic of Iran.