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Defense Leaders Discuss Missile Defense Activities for FY26 Budget

  • Defense.gov
  • May 13, 2025 | 48:31

Defense Department leaders meet with the Senate Armed Services Committee strategic forces subcommittee in Washington, May 13, 2025, to discuss missile defense activities and review the defense authorization request for fiscal year 2026, as well as the Future Years Defense Program. Testifying today are: Andrea Yaffe, acting principal deputy assistant secretary of defense for space policy; Air Force Gen. Gregory M. Guillot, commander of U.S. Northern Command and North American Aerospace Defense Command; Air Force Lt. Gen. Heath A. Collins, Missile Defense Agency director; and Army Lt. Gen. Robert A. Rasch Jr., director of Rapid Capabilities and Critical Technologies Office.

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End of World War II

V-J Day, or Victory over Japan Day, marks the end of one of the deadliest and most destructive wars in history. And on Aug. 14, 1945, President Harry S. Truman announced that Japan had surrendered unconditionally.

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Victory Over Japan Day

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Mission Impossible

DOD helped make another "Mission: Impossible" possible. Military expertise, feedback and equipment provided authenticity to make the magic of Hollywood feel real.