The destroyer Hopper participates in a successful ballistic-missile intercept test in 2009. The Navy plans a 36-ship ballistic-missile defense fleet by 2017, including four new BMD destroyers. Navy
Missile Defense Budget Falls $810M For 2013 -- Military Times
The $7.75 billion fiscal 2013 budget request for the Missile Defense Agency maintains procurement levels for most missile and development systems but features several reductions, including seven fewer Aegis ballistic-missile defense warship conversions and the inactivation of the Sea-Based X-Band floating radar based in Alaska.
The request is about $810 million less than the amount Congress appropriated for MDA last year.
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