Article: Bill would make TMD integration into GPALS more difficult - CRS. (tactical missile defense, ballistic missile defense system, Congressional Research Service)

Removing responsibility for tactical missile defense (TMD) programs from the Strategic Defense Initiative Organization (SDIO) and giving it to a new Joint TMD (JTMD) office, as called for in a recent House bill, would make integrating tactical and theater missile defenses into a GPALS ballistic missile defense system difficult, according to a recent Congressional Research Service (CRS) memorandum.

"Given the Administration's plan to integrate strategic BMD (ballistic missile defense) sensors and interceptors with a tactical/theater BMD component, H.R. 1446 would make this task inherently more problematic," CRS said. Furthermore, CRS said, if the Administration ...

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