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Old July 2nd 03, 10:04 PM
Allen Thomson
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Another SBX factoid for the record, on the exceedingly unlikely
assumption that the record will ever matter.

Aerospace Daily
June 25, 2003
Key House funding panel eyes cuts to space radar, missile
defense, JSF
[EXCERPTS]

The House Appropriations Committee plans to cut hundreds of
millions of dollars from the Bush Administration's fiscal 2004
budget request for the Space Based Radar, the Advanced Wideband
System, missile defense and the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter,
according to documents obtained by The DAILY.

[snip]

Those reductions partially are offset by increases in other
missile defense programs, including $ 22.9 million to speed up
development of the sea-based X-band radar and $ 90 million to
increase procurement of the Patriot Advanced Capability-3
(PAC-3) missile.

I wonder what other missile programs were cut. Also, I kind of
wonder why the Space Based Radar continues to get dissed by Congress
(hence the s.s.p cross-posting). SBR was looking like it might be
a good thing, but it, like its predecessors, appears to be a
target of Hill ire.
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Old July 5th 03, 07:30 PM
Thomas Schoene
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Those reductions partially are offset by increases in other
missile defense programs, including $ 22.9 million to speed up
development of the sea-based X-band radar and $ 90 million to
increase procurement of the Patriot Advanced Capability-3
(PAC-3) missile.

I wonder what other missile programs were cut.


IIRC, the boost-phase program lost some money, and the advanced sensors
program also got trimmed.

Also, I kind of
wonder why the Space Based Radar continues to get dissed by Congress
(hence the s.s.p cross-posting). SBR was looking like it might be
a good thing, but it, like its predecessors, appears to be a
target of Hill ire.


There's considerable disbelief of the claimed cost targets, prabbaly with
good reason. It's also uncelar that there is any missile defnese role for
the system at this stage. It's always been described as a system for
tracking ground targets, and adding missile tracking functionality seems
quite a jump.

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Old July 8th 03, 01:50 PM
Allen Thomson
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Also, I kind of
wonder why the Space Based Radar continues to get dissed by Congress
(hence the s.s.p cross-posting). SBR was looking like it might be
a good thing, but it, like its predecessors, appears to be a
target of Hill ire.


There's an op-ed piece in today's (8 July 2003) Washington Times on
SBR and its problems on the Hill, mostly in the House:

http://www.washtimes.com/commentary/...0423-8120r.htm

Tracking targets from space
By James T. Hackett

The author advocates getting serious about SBR, a sentiment I tend
to share.
 




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