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David Vitter: “This amendment would make available an additional $75 million for the Aegis ballistic missile defense system. That is a…”

On the recordOctober 3, 2007
This amendment would make available an additional $75 million for the Aegis ballistic missile defense system. That is a very important sea-based component of what will hopefully be a multilayered approach to missile defense--to defend our country, as well as our interests and allies around the world. That money would come from an existing larger pot of funds already in the legislation, already available, for missile defense more generally. Specifically, $20 million of that money could be used to increase the production rate of the SM-3 interceptor; $45 million could be used for long-lead production of an additional 15 SM-3 missiles; and $10 million can be used to accelerate the development of the Aegis BMD Signal Processor and Open Architecture software for the Aegis BMD system. They are all very important components to the overall Aegis system and moving forward with this sea-based component of our missile defense.
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David Vitter
Republican · Louisiana
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Discussing an amendment for additional funding for the Aegis ballistic missile defense system.

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