TY - BOOK AU - Karako,Thomas AU - Rumbaugh,Wes AU - Williams,Ian ED - CSIS Missile Defense Project, ED - Center for Strategic and International Studies (Washington, D.C.), TI - The Missile Defense Agency and the color of money: fewer resources, more responsibility, and a growing budget squeeze SN - 9781442259669 AV - UG743 U1 - 358.1740973 23 PY - 2016///] CY - Washington, DC, Lanham, MD PB - Center for Strategic & International Studies, Rowman & Littlefield KW - United States KW - Missile Defense Agency KW - Appropriations and expenditures KW - Research KW - Finance KW - fast KW - Ballistic missile defenses KW - Défense antimissile KW - États-Unis KW - Finances KW - TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Military Science KW - bisacsh KW - Expenditures, Public KW - Electronic books N1 - "July 2016."; "A report of the CSIS Missile Defense Project."; Includes bibliographical references; Introduction -- MDA's reduced topline -- MDA's expanded role -- Failure to transfer budget responsibility -- Foreign assistance to Israel -- The squeeze on research and development -- Possible paths forward N2 - "This study explores the growing competition for scarce dollars at the U.S. Missile Defense Agency (MDA). It traces the authorities, roles, and missions assigned to the agency and the growing trend of using what was originally intended to be a research and development budget for procurement and sustainment of missile defense assets. As adversary missile arsenals develop in both size and sophistication, continued improvements to our current missile defense systems will be required to keep pace with the threat. The combination of an ever-shrinking top line and new roles and missions being assigned to MDA make that task difficult. Finding a new path forward and more clearly defining the position of the agency inside the Department of Defense will be essential for a more sustainable missile defense posture"--Publisher's web site UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=1339548 ER -