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  "id": "98-751",
  "type": "CRS Report",
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  "number": "98-751",
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  "source": "EveryCRSReport.com",
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      "source": "EveryCRSReport.com",
      "id": 103835,
      "date": "1999-09-14",
      "retrieved": "2016-05-24T20:42:33.480941",
      "title": "Missile Defense: Theater High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) Flight Testing",
      "summary": "After two successful intercepts in June and August 1999, the Pentagon announced it would scrap\nthe\nremaining THAAD flight tests and proceed to the EMD (Engineering and Manufacturing\nDevelopment) phase. Doing so, the Pentagon and others argue, would save some money and expedite\nTHAAD deployment somewhat. THAAD supporters argue that these intercepts have validated the\nsystem's major component's and that the system's near-term deployment is now a possibility. Critics\ncontinue to argue that THAAD's checkered test legacy over a controlled test range is insufficient for\nthe program to move forward with high confidence and caution that costly system fixes may lie in\nstore for THAAD in the future. Congress has appropriated about $3.8 billion for the THAAD effort\nsince 1989. The Administration is requesting $4.4 billion for Fiscal Years (FY) 2000 - 2005. The\ntotal program acquisition cost is estimated at $14.7 billion. This report will be updated after future\ndevelopments.",
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  "topics": [
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    "National Defense"
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