Accession Number:

AD1166536

Title:

BALLISTIC MISSILE DEFENSE: Actions Needed to Improve Process for Identifying and Addressing Combatant Command Priorities

Descriptive Note:

[Technical Report, Congressional Report]

Corporate Author:

United States Government Accountability Office

Personal Author(s):

• Pendleton, John

Report Date:

2008-06-01

Pagination or Media Count:

50

Abstract:

In 2002, the Department of Defense DOD established the Missile Defense Agency to develop and deploy globally integrated ballistic missile defenses to protect the U.S. homeland, deployed forces, friends, and allies. To deliver an operational capability as quickly as possible, the agency was not subject to traditional DOD requirements and oversight processes.

Descriptors:

• military science
• unified combatant commands
• geographic regions
• warfare
• united states government
• combatant commanders
• congress
• national security
• air force
• united states strategic command
• ballistic missiles
• defense systems
• department of defense
• military organizations
• systems engineering
• united states central command
• united states european command

Subject Categories:

• Military Forces and Organizations
• Antimissile Defense Systems

Distribution Statement:

[A, Approved For Public Release]