Congressman fights for Airborne Lasers. (Washington Pulse).The highest-ranking Democrat on the House Budget Committee offered an amendment to the Defense Appropriations bill to transfer $30 million from the space-based kinetic kinetic /ki·net·ic/ (ki-net´ik) pertaining to or producing motion. ki·net·ic adj. Of, relating to, or produced by motion. kinetic pertaining to or producing motion. boost program to the airborne laser program. "The administration's budget request seeks to resurrect a space-based system to shoot down missiles in the boost phase with a kinetic energy interceptor The Kinetic Energy Interceptor (KEI) is a planned U.S. missile defense program whose goal is to design, develop, and deploy kinetic energy-based, mobile, ground and sea-launched missiles that can intercept and destroy enemy ballistic missiles during their boost phase. , a path the Reagan-era Strategic Defense Initiative Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI), U.S. government program responsible for research and development of a space-based system to defend the nation from attack by strategic ballistic missiles (see guided missile). followed twice before and failed miserably," said Rep. John Spratt, D-S.C. "We should not let this bad idea drain money from more pressing military needs." His amendment would restore $30 million of the $60 million cut to the Airborne Laser program. "ABL is the most promising and realistic program to intercept intercept in mathematical terms the points at which a curve cuts the two axes of a graph. missiles in the boost phase. Restoring this $30 million cut will keep the ABL program on schedule to conduct the rigorous testing we need to see whether ABL can pass muster TO MUSTER, mar. law. By this term is understood to collect together and exhibit soldiers and their arms; it also signifies to employ recruits and put their names down in a book to enroll them. ," he said. The amendment passed the House of Representatives by a voice vote. |
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