WEB EXCLUSIVE: Commander Wants Aegis Ashore Funding to Defend Guam
7/21/2020
By Mandy Mayfield
U.S. Indo-Pacific Command needs funding to update its missile defense system in Guam by fiscal year 2021, the head of the combatant command said July 21.
“I will say that my number one priority and the most important action we can take to rapidly and fully implement the National Defense Strategy as a first step is a 360-degree persistent and integrated air-defense capability in Guam. What I call the Homeland Defense System Guam,†Adm. Phil Davidson, head of U.S. Indo-Pacific Command said during a call with the media.
Funding the capability — the backbone of which will be the Baseline 10 Aegis Ashore system — must begin in fiscal year 2021 if it is to be in place by 2026, he said.
https://www.nationaldefensemagazine.org/articles/2020/7/21/commander-asks-for-guam-aegis-ashore-funding
