House and Senate lawmakers last week approved Defense Secretary Robert Gates' $1.2 billion cut to the Missile Defense Agency's fiscal year 2010 budget request, including the cancellation of the Kinetic Energy Interceptor and Multiple Kill Vehicle programs as well as the second Airborne Laser aircraft. On June 26, the Senate Armed Services Committee marked up its version of the FY-10 defense authorization bill, including $7.8 billion for MDA, a cap on the number of active Ground-based Midcourse Defense interceptors in...
