Risky acquisition practices by the Missile Defense Agency -- such as simultaneous development and production of new interceptors as well as utilizing unproven targets during operational evaluation -- forced the agency to scrub 40 percent of its test plans since 2010, compounding demand on an already tight test schedule just as the agency aims to increase the pace and complexity of testing. That is a central finding of the Government Accountability Office's latest annual audit of the Ballistic Missile Defense...
