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Cruise Missile Defense: Progress Made but Significant Challenges Remain

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Report Type Reports and Testimonies
Report Date March 31, 1999
Report No. NSIAD-99-68
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Summary:

In response to congressional concerns that the Defense Department (DOD) may not be giving enough emphasis to cruise missile defenses, this report reviews the military's progress in establishing adequate mechanisms for coordinating cruise missile defense programs. GAO (1) identifies the organizational structure and mechanisms for coordinating cruise missile defense efforts, (2) determines the potential measures of the progress of coordination efforts, (3) assesses the progress of coordination using these measures, and (4) identifies the challenges that DOD officials believe still must be overcome. GAO focuses on defense against land-attack cruise missiles.

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