McConville: Without additional funding, THAAD could squeeze Army modernization

By Jason Sherman / May 2, 2019 at 4:38 PM
A statutory requirement for the Missile Defense Agency to transfer the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense program to the Army within a year could impinge on the Army's high-priority modernization plans unless the Defense Department increases the service's overall budget allocation in fiscal year 2021, according to a senior service official. Gen. James McConville, Army vice chief of staff and the presumptive next Army chief, told Congress today that if a study directed by the 2019 Missile Defense Review --...

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