Press briefing by National Security Adviser Samuel Berger

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Samuel Berger reiterated President Clinton's finding that technical and operational testing was insufficient to agree to deployment of the system. He adds that $10.4 billion is nonetheless budgeted for more testing and research in 2001-2005.

Speeches, lectures and essays, Transcript, Berger, Samuel R.

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Understanding the extraordinary cost growth of missile defense

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Historical data show that all weapons systems suffer major cost overruns between development and deployment. National missile defense development suffers from its hurried history, putting it outside normal Pentagon cost controls.

Industry Overview, Economic aspects, Cover Story, Nuclear arms control, Defense spending, Waste in government spending, Government spending waste

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Boost-phase intercept: a better alternative

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The midcourse shoot-down model of national missile defense (NMD) is much more awkward and costly than a model based on the existing Defense Support Program satellite network: boost-phase intercept.

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