Cruise Missile Defense Progress Made but Significant Challenges Remain

Abstract

Because of the Committee's concerns that the Department of Defense (DOD) might not be giving sufficient emphasis to cruise missile defenses, you asked us to review DOD's progress in establishing adequate mechanisms for coordinating cruise missile defense programs. Our objectives were to (1) identify the organizational structure and mechanisms for coordinating cruise missile defense efforts, (2) determine potential measures of the progress of coordination efforts, (3) assess the progress of coordination using these measures, and (4) identify the challenges that DOD officials believe still must be overcome. Because of your interest, this report focuses on defense against land attack cruise missiles.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 1999
Accession Number
ADA363497

Entities

Organizations

  • United States Government Accountability Office

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Defense
  • Aircrafts
  • Ballistic Missiles
  • Congress
  • Control Systems
  • Defense Systems
  • Department Of Defense
  • Detectors
  • Fixed Wing Aircraft
  • Organizational Structure
  • Systems Engineering
  • Task Forces
  • Teamwork
  • Theater Missile Defense
  • Unified Combatant Commands
  • Warfare
  • Warning Systems

Readers

  • Defense Technology Research and Development.
  • Joint Military Operations and Doctrine.
  • Missile Defense Systems.