#pentagon-budget

#pentagon-budget

The recently released budget documents offer new insight into the extent of the US military's defense of Israel and also the weapons that American forces used during their extensive bombing of Iran's nuclear facilities in June. One document requests $498.265 million in funding to replace the US Army's Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) missile interceptors that were "expended in support of Israel."

"Over the last 60 years, the United States has spent more than $350 billion on efforts to develop a defense against nuclear-armed ICBMs. This effort has been plagued by false starts and failures, and none have yet been demonstrated to be effective against a real-world threat... Missile defenses are not a useful or long-term strategy for keeping the U.S. safe from nuclear weapons."