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	Topics Ballistic Missile Defense Organization Topic Home The Ballistic Missile Defense Organization (or BMDO) was an agency of the United States Department of DefenseUnited States Department of Defense The United States Department of Defense is the federal department charged with coordinating and supervising all agencies an... . It was known as the Strategic Defense Initiative Organization (SDIO) until it was renamed by the administration of President Bill ClintonBill Clinton William Jefferson "Bill" Clinton was the 42nd President of the United States, serving from 1993 to 2001.... in 1993. This change in name was accompanied by a shift in emphasis from national missile defense to theater missile defense, i.e. from global to regional coverage. In 1998, focus shifted back to national missile defense when Defense secretary William CohenWilliam Cohen William Sebastian Cohen is an author and American politician from the U.S.... proposed spending an additional $6.6 billion on ballistic missile defense programs to build a national system to protect against attacks from North Korea or accidental launches from Russia or China. BMDO was renamed as the Missile Defense AgencyMissile Defense Agency The Missile Defense Agency is the section of the United States government's Department of Defense responsible for developing... in 2002. The BMDO became better known in the public eye in 1994 when it launched a space probe, ClementineClementine mission Clementine was a joint space project between the Ballistic Missile Defense Organization and NASA.... , to the MoonMoon The Moon is Earth's only natural satellite.... , in collaboration with NASANASA The National Aeronautics and Space Administration is an agency of the United States Government, responsible for the nation'... . The BMDO was primarily interested in field testing new satellite and space reconnaissance technologies incorporated in Clementine, technologies which enabled Clementine to discover pockets of ice at the Moon's south pole. Timeline See also Strategic Defense Initiative Organization (SDIO), predecessor organization Missile Defense AgencyMissile Defense Agency The Missile Defense Agency is the section of the United States government's Department of Defense responsible for developing... (MDA), successor organization National Missile DefenseNational Missile Defense National Missile Defense is a military strategy and associated systems to shield an entire country against incoming Interco... (NMD) Ground-Based Midcourse DefenseGround-Based Midcourse Defense Summary In 2002, National Missile Defense was changed to Ground-Based Midcourse Defense, to differentiate it from other missile defe... (GMD) Anti-satellite weaponAnti-satellite weapon Anti-satellite weapons are weapons designed to be used against artificial satellites.... s Anti-ballistic missileAnti-ballistic missile An anti-ballistic missile is a missile designed to counter ballistic missiles.... Militarization of spaceMilitarisation of space The militarisation of space is the placement and development of weaponry in outer space by the militaries of the world.... External links