A MEADS launcher on display. (File photo)
Panetta Presses Congress For MEADs Funding -- DoD Buzz
Defense Secretary Leon Panetta hopes to save an international missile defense program that the U.S. Army has already decided it will not field.
The Pentagon boss wrote a letter sent June 26 to U.S. Sen. Daniel K. Inouye, D-Hawaii, the Senate Appropriations Committee chairman, pleading for his support to insert $400.9 million back into the budget to fund the Medium Extended Air Defense System in 2013. Congress has already denied Panetta’s budget request to fund the mobile missile defense system originally designed to replace the Patriot.
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More News On Providing Funding For The MEADS Program
U.S. leaders see fallout if joint missile funds nixed -- Reuters
Funds for Lockheed-Led Missile Defense Urged by Panetta -- Bloomberg
Panetta Urges Senate Panel To Back MEADS Funding -- Defense News
Panetta pleads for missile defense dollars -- RT