New Concern Voiced Over Alaskan Missile Site.

• Author: Book, Elizabeth G.
• Position: Brief Article

Reps. Norm Dicks (D-Wash.), Ike Skelton (D-Mo.), and John Spratt (D-S.C.) sent a letter to Gen. Ronald Kadish, director of the Ballistic Missile Defense Organization (BMDO) citing concerns about the military construction funding of a missile "test-bed" in Fort Greely, Alaska. The letter states that justification for Fort Greely funding in the 2001 budget was for the "initial construction of national missile defense (NMD) deployment facilities and not for construction of test facilities." However, the 2002 budget justification allocates money for a national missile defense "test-bed."

The Congressmen argued that "if the construction planned for Fort Greely is truly for testing, we believe that the Fiscal Year 2001 military construction appropriation for deployment cannot be used.

"When...