Ballistic Missile Defense: Strategic Target System Launches from Kauai

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Report Type	Reports and Testimonies
Report Date	Sept. 13, 1993
Report No.	NSIAD-93-270
Subject	Combat readiness Cost analysis Defense contingency planning Intercontinental ballistic missiles Missile warheads Strategic mobility forces Surface to air missiles Weapons research and development BMDO Strategic Target System Kauai (HI) Minuteman II Missile STARS Trident C4 Missile Trident D5 Missile Weapons systems Ballistic missile defenses

Summary:

The Ballistic Missile Defense Organization will have spent about $183 million on the Strategic Target System (STARS) through fiscal year 1993. This project entails launching boosters carrying targets and other experiments from Kauai, Hawaii. About $27 million is budgeted for fiscal year 1994. Beginning in fiscal year 1995 when the program becomes operational, the cost of each STARS launch should range from about $6 million to $11 million. Program operating costs are pegged at an additional $17 million to $20 million annually. Expenses arising from a failed launch would mainly be linked to clearing vehicle debris and the effects of any fires on the ground. Twelve more STARS launches from Kauai are scheduled through fiscal year 2003. Although some of the missions could be achieved from other locations, such changes would entail mission delays and performance degradation, along with additional costs for building alternative launch sites.

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Ballistic Missile Defense: Strategic Target System Launches from Kauai