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The Pentagon's budget documents say the request for missile defense is $10.5 billion. But that's just the amount for the Pentagon's Missile Defense Agency. Not included in this sum is $2.3 billion for the Air Force's Space-Based Infrared Sensor, which is a crucial element of the missile-defense program.

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