Early Warning Satellites: Funding for Follow-On System is Premature

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Label

Early Warning Satellites: Funding for Follow-On System is Premature

Contributor

• GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON DC NATIONAL SECURITY AND INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS DIV

Subject

• Administration and management
• Air force budgets
• Armed Forces -- Procurement | Evaluation
• Artificial satellites
• Attack
• Ballistic missile early warning system -- Design and construction | Costs
• Decision making
• Department of defense
• Detection
• Early warning systems
• Guided missiles
• Infrared radiation
• Infrared radiation -- Military applications
• Infrared radiation -- Military applications -- United States
• Logistics support
• Military forces(U.S.)
• North america
• Real time
• Strategic intelligence
• Strategic warfare
• Surveillance
• Tactical warning
• United States
• United States, Air Force
• United States, Air Force -- Procurement | Evaluation
• Unmanned spacecraft
• Warning systems

Language

eng

Summary

This report examined the Department of Defense's (DOD) plans to develop a follow-on system to the Defense Support Program (DSP), including budget implications. DSP is a strategic surveillance and warning satellite system with an infrared capability to detect ballistic missile launches (intercontinental and submarine-launched). It provides near real-time detection information in support of DOD's tactical warning and attack assessment (TWAA) mission. Its primary users are (1) the North American Aerospace Defense Command, which is responsible for assessing potential attacks on North America; (2) the national command authorities, who are responsible for making retaliatory decisions; and (3) other major military commands, which participate in the decision-making process and are responsible for strategic offensive forces

Cataloging source

DTICE

Credits note

Approved for public release ; distribution is unlimited

Index

no index present

LC call number

UG743

LC item number

.A337

Literary form

non fiction

Target audience

adult