The Senate Armed Services Committee is calling for a $190 million increase above the Pentagon's $8.7 billion fiscal year 2015 missile defense request for "improvements to our homeland defense and for Israeli missile defense programs," according to a summary of the panel's authorization bill marked up last week. The committee also recommends a $30 million plus-up for "improvements in reliability and maintenance for the Ground-based Midcourse Defense program," the summary states. House authorizers recommended a $348 million total increase in...
