Strategic Weapons: April 20, 2001

Archives

President Bush's budget plans include a $2.6 billion investment in new missile defense technologies beyond the 100-interceptors plan started by President Clinton. Defense Research and Development will get an extra $20 billion during 2002 through 2006, about 20% of which will go for "leap ahead" technologies. According to Rumsfeld, some 23% of the defense infrastructure is not needed, meaning a huge new round of base closures that will find no friends in Congress.--Stephen V Cole

 

X

ad

Help Keep Us From Drying Up

We need your help! Our subscription base has slowly been dwindling.

Each month we count on your contributions. You can support us in the following ways:

  1. Make sure you spread the word about us. Two ways to do that are to like us on Facebook and follow us on Twitter.
  2. Subscribe to our daily newsletter. We’ll send the news to your email box, and you don’t have to come to the site unless you want to read columns or see photos.
  3. You can contribute to the health of StrategyPage.
Subscribe   Contribute   Close