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3611-13Approved for Public Release 13-MDA-7397 (8 August 13)STRATEGICDEFENSEINITIATIVEDEPARTMENTO FDEFENSE***Strategic Defense Initiative Organization (SDIO) 198 4 1994Ballistic Missile Defense Organization (BMDO) 1994 2002MISSILEDEFENSEAGENCYDEPARTMENTOFDEFE NSEMissile Defense Agency (MDA) Established January 2, 2002 BALLISTIC MISSILE DEFENSE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE1PrefaceThe mission of the Missile Defense Agency History Office is to document the official history of America s missile defense programs and to provide historical support to the MDA Director and pamphlet, one in a series intended to quickly acquaint interested readers with the history of America s missile defense programs, provides an overview of the first seventy years of active missile defense.

2 3 into a vertical or angular position and held there by special stabilizers. The U-boat would then pump fuel into the V-2 and fire the missile.

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