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GAO Missile Defense Report Finds Continued Problems In Testing But Progress On Delivering Capabilities

Wednesday, May 31st, 2017

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GAO Missile Defense Report Finds Continued Problems In Testing But Progress On Delivering Capabilities

The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) released a report on Tuesday explaining the challenges and progress the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) faced in fiscal year 2016.The report was released before Tuesday’s first successful test of the Ground-based Midcourse Defense (GMD) System intercepting an ICBM-class target (Defense Daily, May 30).The GAO conducted this study of the MDA due to a provision in the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for FY 2016 directing the office to assess to what extent the agency…

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Army

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