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MASAD-81-30 1 (1981-05-15)

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BY THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL

Report To The Chairman


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Committee On Government Operations

House Of Representatives


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UN ITED STATES


NORAD's Missile Warning System:

What Went Wrong?


The importance and criticality of the North
American Air Defense Command's (NO RAD's)
computer system have recently been empha-
sized when false missile warning messages
were generated and the Nation's nuclear retal-
iatory forces alerted.

The Air Force began a computer upgrade pro-
gram for NORAD computers in 1968 which
is expected to reach initial operational capa-
bility in November 1981. Due to poor manage-
ment causing program delays and the attempt
to adapt inadequate computers to the NORAD
mission, the system falls short of meeting the
requirements of the growing missile warning
mission.

NORAD will replace these computers by the
late 1980s, but it needs to do more to improve
management and warning capability.


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MASAD-81-30
MAY 15,1981


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