GAO Questions U.S. Plans for Missile Defense System in Europe

January 28th, 2011 by MDAA

    The Government Accountability Office has called into question President Obama’s Phased Adapitive Approach to missile defense in Europe. Lack of oversight and  poor management could cause cost overruns and uncertainty about the EPAA’s effectiveness against missile threats from the Middle East. “DOD has initiated multiple simultaneous efforts to implement [the European Phased Adaptive Approach missile defense plan], but faces three key management challenges—the lack of clear guidance, life-cycle costs and a fully integrated schedule,” the GAO reported

Without better management and oversight, the Defense Department’s missile defense plans in Europe face potential cost overruns and increased uncertainty about the system’s capacity to effectively counter missile threats from the Middle East, according to a Government Accountability Office report released Wednesday.