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Missile Defense Agency, Department of Defense
  
This is seal plaque set was recently completed for the Depart of
Defense, Missile Defense Agency and shows the development of the Agency's
logo over the years.
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The
United States Department of Defense, abbreviated as DoD or
DOD and sometimes called the Defense Department, is a
civilian Cabinet organization of the United States government. The
Department of Defense controls the U.S. military and is headquartered at
The Pentagon. It is headed by the Secretary of Defense,
The Department of Defense is based in The Pentagon in Arlington County,
Virginia outside Washington, DC, across the Potomac River. It was
created by combining the War Department (founded in 1789) with the Navy
Department (founded in 1798; formerly the Board of Admiralty, founded in
1780), and the newly created Department of the Air Force. The department
was formed in order to reduce interservice rivalry which was believed to
have reduced military effectiveness during World War II.
It includes the
Army,
Navy,
Air Force,
Marines, as well as non-combat agencies such as the National
Security Agency and the Defense Intelligence Agency.
In wartime, the Department of Defense also has authority over the
Coast Guard; in peacetime, that agency is under the control of the
Department of Homeland Security. Prior to the creation of
DHS, the Coast Guard was under the control of the
Department of Transportation. The Coast Guard has not been
formally militarized since World War II, although it has participated in
various military and law enforcement operations over the years.
The Missile Defense Agency's website offers the following
information: [Our] mission is to develop, test and prepare for
deployment of a missile defense system. Using complementary
interceptors, land-, sea-, air- and space-based sensors, and battle
management command and control systems, the planned missile defense
system will be able to engage all classes and ranges of ballistic
missile threats. The MDA's programmatic strategy is to develop,
rigorously test, and continuously evaluate production, deployment and
operational alternatives for the ballistic missile defense system.
Missile defense systems being developed and tested by MDA are primarily
based on hit-to-kill technology. It has been described as hitting a
bullet with a bullet - a capability that has been successfully
demonstrated in test after test. |
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