Regional Missile Defense: DOD's Report Provided Limited Information; Assessment of Acquisition Risks is Optimistic
Abstract
In response to changing threats in the region and new opportunities created by advances in missile defense technology, in September 2009 the President announced a new policy for ballistic missile defense of Europe, called the European Phased Adaptive Approach (EPAA). EPAA is designed to rely on increasingly capable missiles, sensors, and command and control systems to defend Europe against threat missiles of various ranges. In its February 2010 Ballistic Missile Defense Review, DOD presented EPAA as part of a broader policy for regional ballistic missile defense, to also include phased adaptive approaches for other regions such as East Asia and the Middle East. DOD s Missile Defense Agency (MDA) is developing and integrating capabilities that will be part of EPAA. U.S. Strategic Command works with the military services and regional combatant commands such as U.S. European Command for EPAA to determine whether to accept those capabilities. We have issued reports in 2010, 2011, 2012, and 2013 containing assessments of EPAA.1
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Mar 14, 2014
- Accession Number
- ADA596766
Entities
Organizations
- United States Government Accountability Office