House Armed Services Chair Objects To US Investing In Space-Based Interceptor Layer
Rukhshan Mir (@rukhshanmir) Published January 18, 2019 | 01:51 AM
WASHINGTON (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 18th January, 2019) US House Armed Services Committee Chairman Adam Smith in a statement on Thursday objected to plans in the new Missile Defense Review (MDR) to invest in cost-prohibitive space-based interceptors and warned that the new strategy may drive Russia and China to boost their nuclear arsenal.
The US Missile Defense Agency (MDA) will study the possibility of investing in a space-based missile intercept layer capable of boost-phase defense, according to a new strategy document released earlier in the day. The MDA is tasked with delivering the assessment within the next six months.
"I am concerned that this missile defense review could lead to greater investment in areas... such as a space-based interceptor layer that has been studied repeatedly and found to be technologically challenging and prohibitively expensive," Smith said.
Smith also warned that the United States must avoid creating missile defense policies that will fuel a nuclear arms race.
"Strategic stability is an important part of US national security, but missile defense policies that incentivize Russia and China to increase their nuclear arsenals will not serve the best long-term interest of the United States," Smith added.
Earlier today, the Trump administration rolled out its 2019 Missile Defense Review which presents a new strategy and posture that will set the path to strengthen the United States' current missile defense capabilities and make the case for urgent investment into new ones.
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