From Global Security Newswire:
The Obama administration's proposal to emphasize battlefield missile defenses over systems for intercepting strategic ballistic missiles would save the nation money while potentially making it more vulnerable to future attack, says a report published yesterday by a Washington-based defense think tank (see GSN, June 2).
The Defense Department's $9.3 billion missile defense budget request would slash spending by $1.7 billion -- or 16 percent -- from the current funding level, Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments analyst Todd Harrison wrote in the report. Still, the missile defense budget remains $4 billion higher than in fiscal 2001, the last funding year settled under the Clinton administration.
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My Comment: Missile Defense Budget cuts will open vulnerabilities .... but when budgetary deficits are running at $1.8 trillion .... let's face it .... there is no more money in the bank.