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1990s — The New Center Challenges
During the 1990s the most significant challenge for DEFSMAC was
the worldwide increase in foreign missile and space activities. This
increase was caused by additional foreign countries developing
indigenous missile and space systems and the operation of potential
space targets of intelligence interest to the United States. Known
potential adversaries of the U.S. continued to develop missile
systems as well. Reduction in U.S. intelligence data collection assets,
particularly ground-based collection facilities, added to the
challenges.
A new challenge was the addition to the DEFSMAC mission of
providing early ...