THEATER MISSILE DEFENSE PROGRAM: Funding and Personnel Requirements Are Not Fully Defined

Abstract

In 1990, the Secretary of Defense designated SDIO as the central manager for developing and deploying a theater missile defense capability. As a part of this effort, the Army, with SDIO funding and guidance, is developing five ground-based theater missile defense systems: (1) the Theater High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) system, (2) the Theater Missile Defense-Ground Based Radar (TMD-GBR), (3) the Extended Range Interceptor Technology (ERINT), (4) upgrades to the Patriot missile system(called Patriot PACX), and (5) the Corps Surface-to-Air missile (called Corps SAM).Before the Persian Gulf War, the Army had been developing upgrades to the Patriots missile defense capability, and SDIO had its own research and development program for theater missile defense. The war highlighted the need for a capability to defend against theater ballistic missiles, and development and deployment of improved missile defenses became a high priority within the Department of Defense (DOD).

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 15, 1992
Accession Number
AD1180270

Entities

People

  • Henry L. Jr Hinton

Organizations

  • United States Government Accountability Office

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Active Defense
  • Air Defense
  • Area Defense
  • Army Personnel
  • Ballistic Missiles
  • Battle Management
  • Cost Estimates
  • Costs
  • Defense Systems
  • Demonstrations
  • Department Of Defense
  • Engineering
  • Governments
  • Ground Based
  • High Altitude
  • Law
  • Military Acquisition
  • National Security
  • Passive Defense
  • Tactical Ballistic Missiles
  • Theater Missile Defense

Readers

  • Missile Defense Systems.