DEFENSE ACQUISITIONS: Status of Ballistic Missile Defense Program in 2004

Abstract

Since 1985, the Department of Defense (DOD) has invested $85 billion in ballistic missile defense programs, with $66.5 billion more anticipated over the next 7 years through 2011. As a major result of this investment, the Department is on the verge of activating our nations first missile defense system for protecting the United States from intercontinental ballistic missile attacks out of Northeast Asia.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 2005
Accession Number
AD1176399

Entities

People

  • Barbara Haynes

Organizations

  • United States Government Accountability Office

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Sensors
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aircrafts
  • Artificial Satellites
  • Chemical Oxygen Iodine Lasers
  • Command And Control
  • Computers
  • Congress
  • Control Systems
  • Defense Systems
  • Early Warning Systems
  • Fire Control Radar
  • Guided Bombs
  • Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles
  • Intermediate Range Ballistic Missiles
  • Reconnaissance Satellites
  • Rockets
  • Short Range Ballistic Missiles
  • Spacecraft
  • Systems Engineering
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Test Facilities
  • Theater Ballistic Missiles
  • United States Government

Readers

  • Defense Acquisition Program Management
  • Economics
  • Missile Defense Systems.