[United States Government Manual]
[May 31, 1996]
[Page 225]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]


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DEFENSE AGENCIES


Ballistic Missile Defense Organization

The Pentagon, Washington, DC 20301-7100
Phone, 703-697-4040
Director                                         Lt. Gen. Malcolm 
                                                     O'Neill, USA
Deputy Director                                  Douglas Kline, Acting
Chief of Staff                                   Col. Robert Peavey, 
                                                     USAF

[For the Ballistic Missile Defense Organization statement of 
organization, see the Code of Federal Regulations, Title 32, Part 388]

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The Ballistic Missile Defense Organization (formerly the Strategic 
Defense Initiative Organization) was established as a separate agency of 
the Department of Defense and is Presidentially chartered and mandated 
by Congress to develop ballistic missile defense systems that are 
capable of providing highly effective defense of the United States, 
forward-deployed and expeditionary elements of the U.S. Armed Forces, 
and allies of the United States.
    The agency's mission is to manage and direct DOD's Ballistic Missile 
Defense acquisition programs, which include theater missile defense, and 
to develop a national missile defense program for the United States. The 
agency also is responsible for the continuing research and development 
of follow-on technologies that are relevant for long-term ballistic 
missile defense. These programs will build a technical foundation for 
evolutionary growth in future ballistic missile defenses. In developing 
these programs, the agency utilizes the services of the Military 
Departments, the Department of Energy, private industries, and 
educational and research institutions.

For further information, contact Management Operations, Ballistic 
Missile Defense Organization, Washington, DC 20301-7100. Phone, 703-693-
1532.