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Third Interceptor Deployed at Vandenberg in July; Twenty-Three Now in Silos

October 22, 2007 :: 

The Lompoc Record reports that a third interceptor was quietly placed within a silo at Vandenberg Air Force Base in July, and a fourth and final one will be emplaced by December 2008.    Rick Lehner, spokesman for the Missile Defense agency, noted that the relative delay for emplacing interceptors at Vandenberg has been a result of funding: "It was primarily a matter of funding and selecting a silo at Vandenberg for our use...It's just a very large expense, if you will, and quite frankly there have been other priorities...There is not an infinite amount of money available. It's very finite."  Twenty missile-defense interceptors now sit on alert at Fort Greely, Alaska.  The total number of interceptors currently planned for deployment over three sites is 54: 40 in Alaska, 4 at Vandenberg and 10 in Europe.  Rick Lehner is quoted as adding that, "There aren't any plans to have anything over and above that 54."

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