U.S. Navy’s SM-6 Missile Line at Risk Without Reconciliation Bill Funding
The U.S. Navy built its Fiscal Year 2026 weapons plan around one assumption. Congress will pass a one-time reconciliation bill that adds billions to the base defense budget. Inside that bill sits most of the money for 139 Standard Missile-6 interceptors. The service’s own accounts cover only ten rounds. Navy comptrollers describe those ten as “placeholders,” not a viable production lot.
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