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Senate Defense Approps Highlights
Travis | Sep 24, 2009 |
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As soon as it finishes work on the Interior bill, the full Senate is set to take up consideration of the fiscal year 2010 Defense Appropriations bill. I posted my analysis this morning.
Assuming that no major changes are made during Senate floor consideration, the differences between Senate and House appropriators on the C-17, Joint Strike Fighter alternate engine, DDG-51 destroyer, and Littoral Combat Ship will need to be worked out during conference negotiations. Check my analysis for the figures on those programs.
The overall bill provides $625.8 billion in total discretionary FY 2010 funding, of which $497.6 billion is for the DOD “base” budget and $128.2 billion is for Iraq and Afghanistan. The total does not include funding for nuclear weapons activities administered by the Department of Energy, military construction, or military housing.
Four interesting snippets for the arms controllers…
Kinetic Energy Interceptor (KEI) – The Senate Committee did not add unrequested funding for the Kinetic Energy Interceptor. The House added $80 million in unrequested funding to its version of the bill in order “to enable the continuation of the program and the leveraging of KEI products and expertise for early intercept capability and other missile defense applications.”
Cooperative Threat Reduction Program (“Nunn-Lugar”) – The Senate Committee added $20 million to the administration’s FY 2010 Nunn-Lugar request of $404.1 million. The House provided only the administration’s request ($404.1 million) in its version of the bill.
Missile Defense in Europe (Aegis) – The Senate Committee added $57.6 million for 6 additional SM-3 (Block 1A) interceptors; $41 million in long-lead procurement for a TPY-2 radar; and $35 million for development of more advanced SM-3 variants. Under the Obama administration’s new plan for U.S. missile defense in Europe, SM-3 (Block 1A) interceptors aboard sea-based Aegis destroyers, along with a TPY-2 radar, will be deployed by 2011 to protect against Iranian ballistic missiles. Between 2011 and 2020, the administration plans to deploy more advanced SM-3 variants to protect against potentially evolving Iranian missile capabilities.
Sea-Based Strategic Deterrent (SBSD) – The Senate Committee included $387.5 million in requested funding to “initiate technology demonstration and design efforts” for the SBSD, the next-generation ballistic missile submarine slated to replace U.S. Ohio-class subs (which will begin to retire in 2027). The SBSD program is meant to coincide with the retirement of the United Kingdom’s Vanguard-class subs and create, as the Committee said, “efficiencies and cost savings in the design of a common missile compartment.” The Committee noted that “Both the forthcoming Nuclear Posture Review and an analysis of alternatives are expected to inform key decisions about the specifications and performance of the Ohio class replacement.” (The Times wrote about the Vanguard today, and I wrote about the politics of sub construction last month)
FOR MORE INFO: I just proofread this and realized that it is nearly impenetrable if you don’t already understand the defense budget process. To learn about that, check out our primer. CSBA has good ones too under “Defense Budget Studies” then “Defense Budget Process.”
Security Matters, Iraq & Afghanistan, Nukes on a Blog, Missile Defense, Defense Spending, Congress (all tags)
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