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View Resource Budgetary and Technical Implications of the Administration's Plan for National Missile Defense

Released on April 25, 2000, this report from the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) estimates that the cost of the proposed national missile defense system may reach as much as $60 billion. The offspring of President Reagan's space-based "Star Wars" missile defense system, the proposed missile shield would be composed of ground-based missile interceptors guided by infrared satellites and radar....

ftp://ftp.cbo.gov/19xx/doc1984/nmd.pdf