Ballistic Missile Defense Organization

Ballistic Missile Defense Organization
BMDO
Agency overview
Formed	1974 (original); 1993 (newer version)
Preceding agency	Strategic Defense Initiative (1993);
Dissolved	1984 (renamed); 2002 (renamed)
Superseding agency	● Strategic Defense Initiative (1984); ● Missile Defense Agency (2002);
Jurisdiction	Federal government of the United States

The Ballistic Missile Defense Organization (BMDO) was an agency of the United States Department of Defense that began on 20 May 1974 with the responsibility for all U.S. ballistic missile defense efforts. It was renamed the Missile Defense Agency in 2002.

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