STRATEGIC DEFENSE INITIATIVE PROGRAM: Basis for Reductions in Estimated Cost of Phase I.
STRATEGIC DEFENSE INITIATIVE PROGRAM: Basis for Reductions in Estimated Cost of Phase I.

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Published: 1990

Total Pages: 10

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In June 1987 the Strategic Defense Initiative Organization (SDIO) estimated that the Phase I Strategic Defense System would cost between $75.6 billion and $145.7 billion. In October 1988 SDIO reduced its estimate to $69.1 billion. The Chairman, Legislation and National Security Subcommittee, House Committee on Government Operations, asked GAO to (1) assess the credibility of the October 1988 estimate of $69.1 billion and (2) determine the reasons for the cost reductions. To accomplish these objectives, the Chairman agreed that GAO would limit its review to the June 1987 and October 1988 estimates for four of the nine phase I elements-the Space-Based Interceptor (SBI); Ground-Based Surveillance and Tracking System (GBSTS); Battle Management and Command, Control, and Communications (BM/c3); and launch systems.

The Strategic Defense Initiative
The Strategic Defense Initiative

Author: Edward Reiss

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 1992-07-23

Total Pages: 265

ISBN-13: 0521410975

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This history of the Strategic Defense Initiative ranges across politics, economics, strategic studies and international relations, and provides the latest research into the SDI interest groups, the distribution of contracts, and the politics of influence. It discusses the wider contexts of 'Star Wars', such as alliance management, marketing, and domestic politics, and its military spin-offs, especially for anti-satellite (ASAT) and 'space control' programmes. The author tests the theoretical literature on the dynamics of the arms race by using SDI as a case study, and draws evidence from sources such as congressional hearings, interviews, the trade press, restricted briefing papers, and documents obtained under the US Freedom of Information Act. The book follows the fortunes of strategic defence into the changed global conditions of the 1990s, following the collapse of the Soviet bloc, the Gulf War, and President Bush's announcement of a refocused SDI, the Global Protection Against Limited Strikes (GPALS).