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U.S. Plans:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Pentagon Creates Missile Defense AgencyFrom Monday, January 7, 2002 issue.
U.S. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld announced last week that the Ballistic Missile Defense Organization will be elevated to the Missile Defense Agency.
The agency will be responsible for testing and developing a missile defense system, according to a Defense Department release. The current head of the BMDO, Lt. Gen. Ronald Kadish, will become MDA director and will continue to report to Edward Aldridge, undersecretary of defense for acquisition, technology and logistics (Defense Department release, Jan. 4).
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