Ballistic Missile Defense: Strategic Target System Launches from Kauai

NSIAD-93-270 Published: Sep 13, 1993. Publicly Released: Sep 24, 1993.

Highlights

Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO provided information on the Ballistic Missile Defense Organization's plans to launch Strategic Target System (STARS) boosters from Hawaii, focusing on: (1) the cost of the STARS program; (2) what the cost of a catastrophic failure would be; and (3) whether planned STARS missions could be accomplished from other launch sites.

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