Ballistic Missile Defense Review
The Ballistic Missile Defense Review (BMDR) is a review conducted pursuant to guidance from the President and the Secretary of Defense, while also addressing the legislative requirement to assess U.S. ballistic missile defense policy and strategy. The BMDR will evaluate the threats posed by ballistic missiles and develop a missile defense posture to address current and future challenges.
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Missile Defense Review Links Strategy to Threats
WASHINGTON, Feb. 1, 2010 - The Ballistic Missile Defense Review aligns U.S. missile defense posture with near-term regional missile threats and sustains the ability to defend the homeland against limited long-range missile attack, said Michele Flournoy, undersecretary of defense for policy. Story»
News Releases
Fact Sheets and Briefing Slides
Speeches and Transcripts
House Budget Committee - D-SECDEF testimony
Deputy Secretary of Defense William J. Lynn, III (March 4, 2010)
NATO Strategic Concept NDU Seminar - SECDEF remarks
Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates (Feb. 23, 2010)
Foreign Press Center Briefing on the QDR and BMDR
Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Strategy, Plans, and Forces Kathleen Hicks, Director of the Office of Missile Defense Policy Dr. DeBiaso (Feb. 4, 2010).
