Kuam News:

Congress wants to be sure the defense plans for Guam are airtight. According to the Fiscal Year 2023 National Defense Authorization Act, lawmakers will require the defense secretary to create a federally funded research and development center.

Officials want it to independently assess The Pentagon’s plans to build an integrated air-and-missile defense architecture to defend Guam.

A report from Defense News states Congress is also requiring more oversight from The Pentagon’s missile defense agency and the services on the mission to defend Guam by providing quarterly updates to congressional defense committees in the FY23 appropriations act that passed on December 23.

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