BATTLE CREEK/KALAMAZOO (WKZO AM/FM) — Every member of the Michigan Congressional Delegation, even Justin Amash, has signed a letter to the Director of the Missile Defense Agency, pressing their support for locating an anti-ballistic missile base at Fort Custer.
It follows passage of legislation by Congress requiring the Secretary of Defense to pick one of three nominated sites for the base by this spring.
It also follows over four-billion in funding for new anti-ballistic missiles, which was included in the temporary budget deal signed by the President last week.
It’s all being driven by the missile tests in North Korea, and the additional threat they might pose when they figure out how to attach a nuclear bomb to the top of one of the rockets.
The letter says the proposed site near the Kalamazoo/Calhoun County border are shovel ready, environmentally sound and would be the least expensive of the three sites to develop.
The location choosen will be gauranteed a major federal investment for construction and a large number of well paying jobs.
