Ballistic Missile Defense Organization
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The Ballistic Missile Defense Organization (BMDO) is the name given to the former Strategic Defense Initiative Organization (SDIO) by the administration of President Bill Clinton 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 (and more feasible) coverage.
The BMDO became better known in the public eye in 1994 when it launched a space probe, Clementine, to the Moon, in collaboration with NASA. The BMDO was primarily interested in field testing new satellite and space reconnaisance technologies incorporated in Clementine, technologies which enabled Clementine to discover pockets of ice at the Moon's south pole.