The Pentagon wants to surge funds into a new ballistic missile defense project that aims to deal with one of the most challenging threats to U.S. military forces: road-mobile ballistic missile threats. The Defense Department has asked Congress for an additional $140 million in fiscal year 2017, a more than 300 percent increase over the $45 million requested with the original FY-17 spending proposal. This hike, for a project run by the Office of the Secretary of Defense, is part...
