House seeks tighter U.S.-Israeli missile defenses

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Source: Reuters

House seeks tighter U.S.-Israeli missile defenses

By Jim Wolf
May 18, 2007

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. House of Representatives has adopted
a measure aimed at weaving closer U.S. and Israeli defenses against
ballistic missiles of the type that could be fired by Iran.

Part of a $504 billion defense spending bill passed Thursday, the measure
would redirect $205 million in Defense Department funds toward projects
already underway in Israel.

It would provide $25 million more for Arrow missile co-production and
integration, $45 million for a U.S.-Israeli short-range missile defense
system dubbed "David's Sling" and $135 million to buy a Theater High
Altitude Area Defense, or THAAD, fire unit.

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The move was spearheaded by Rep. Duncan Hunter of California, the
senior Republican on the House Armed Services Committee and a
candidate for his party's 2008 presidential nomination.

It was a last-minute addition to the Democratic-controlled House's
version of the fiscal 2008 defense authorization bill...

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