Editing Strategic Defense Initiative (section)

=== Ballistic Missile Defense Organization (BMDO) ===
{{main|Ballistic Missile Defense Organization}}

In 1993, the [[Clinton administration]] further shifted the focus to ground-based interceptor missiles and theater-scale systems, renaming the SDIO to the [[Ballistic Missile Defense Organization]] (BMDO).<ref>{{Cite web |title=SDIO Changes Its Letterhead To BMDO |url=https://www.bits.des |last=Raikow |first=David |date=June 1993 |publisher=Arms Control Today}}</ref>

In 2002, the [[George W. Bush administration]] in turn renamed the BMDO to the [[Missile Defense Agency]] (MDA), indicating plans for a layered missile defence system that integrates different types of defences, including sea- and ground-based defences.<ref>{{Cite press release |title=BMDO Renamed 'Missile Defense Agency' |date=January 2002 |publisher=Arms Control Association |url=https://www.armscontrol.org/act/2002-01/press-releases/bmdo-renamed-missile-defense-agency |access-date=2025-01-29 |location=Washington, D.C. |last1=Boese |first1=Wade}}</ref>