| Re-Inventing German Security and Defense Policy: A Struggle to be Understood |
JUN 2004 |
129 pages |
| Authors:
Kevin L. Hill; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA
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 | There has been much speculation and editorializing over the deterioration of trans-Atlantic relations, specifically between the United States and Germany, primarily as a result of the US-led war against Iraq beginning in March 2003. What can account for this so-called trans-Atlantic rift and the unhealthy US-German relationship of late? This thesis argues that this deterioration in trans-Atlantic relations stems from a profound misunderstanding of strategic culture. Specifically, this thesis takes ... |
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| The Analysis of Shooting Problems via Generalised Bandits |
JUN 2004 |
52 pages |
| Authors:
Kevin D. Glazebrook; Helen M. Mitchell; Donald P. Gaver; Patricia A. Jacobs; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA
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| A single Red wishes to shoot at a collection of Blue targets in order to maximize some measure of return obtained from Blues killed before Red's own demise. While the class of decision processes called multi-armed bandits has been previously deployed to develop optimal policies for Red, we argue the importance of a little known, but more general class of bandit processes introduced by Nash (1980). In particular, the deployment ... |
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| Determinants of Defense Budget Process in Post-Communist Poland: From the Warsaw Pact to the 21st Century |
JUN 2004 |
97 pages |
| Authors:
Pawel Lepianka; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA
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| This thesis identifies and explains the critical changes that have occurred in the complex system of interrelated rules which have governed the defense budget process in Poland since 1989. This research explains the legal and institutional evolution of the defense budget process in post-communist Poland, focusing on the role of legislative authority i.e., the Sejm and the Senat of the Republic of Poland within the defense budget process since the ... |
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| Building Capability from the Technical Revolution That has Happened |
JUN 2004 |
16 pages |
| Authors:
John P. White; John Deutch; ARMY WAR COLL STRATEGIC STUDIES INST CARLISLE BARRACKS PA
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| For the past 5 years the United States has sought to transform its defense capabilities to reflect ongoing changes in technology, management techniques, the American political and economic landscapes, and the global security environment. The terrorist attacks of September 2001 and the ensuing Global War on Terrorism provided stark and tragic reminders of the need for the such an adjustment. With American military forces engaged around the world in both ... |
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| Standardized UXO Technology Demonstration Site Blind Grid Scoring Record No. 157 |
JUN 2004 |
68 pages |
| Authors:
Larry Overbay; ABERDEEN TEST CENTER MD COMMANDER OF DEVELOPMENT AND TEST COMMAND
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| This scoring record documents the efforts of Tetra Tech Foster Wheeler, Inc. to detect and discriminate inert unexploded ordnance (UXO) utilizing the APG Standardized UXO Technology Demonstration Site Blind Grid. The firing record was coordinated by Larry Overbay and by the Standardized UXO technology Demonstration Site Scoring Committee. Organizations on the committee include the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the Environmental Security Technology Certification Program, the Strategic Environmental Research and ... |
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| Defense Industrial Base Capabilities Study: Command and Control |
JUN 2004 |
115 pages |
| Authors:
OFFICE OF THE DEPUTY UNDER SECRETARY OFDEFENSE FOR INDUSTRIAL POLICY ARLINGTON VA
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| In February 2003, the Office of the Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Industrial Policy, ODUSD(IP), produced Transforming the Defense Industrial Base: A Roadmap. This report identified the need for systematic evaluation of the ability of the defense industrial base to develop and provide functional, operational effects-based warfighting capabilities. The Defense Industrial Base Capabilities Study (DIBCS) series is a systematic assessment of critical technologies needed in the 21st century defense ... |
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| Modeling Team Performance in the Air Defense Warfare Domain |
JUN 2004 |
41 pages |
| Authors:
Joseph DiVita; Glenn Osga; Robert Morris; SPACE AND NAVAL WARFARE SYSTEMS CENTER SAN DIEGO CA
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| A task centric approach to interface design entails an explicit representation, of actions tasks that need to be performed by the operator. The interface may represent tasks in the form of icons on a display screen that the system has determined actionable given the current tactical information and Rules of Engagement (ROE). The representation of work in terms of a task serves as a trace in the system that enables ... |
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| The Parallel Air Tasking Order: Reducing the Size of the Air Operations Center |
JUN 2004 |
27 pages |
| Authors:
David A. Brumbaugh; SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORP CHANTILLY VA
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| The current size of the Air Operations Center (AOC) is too large for rapid deployment and flexible employment. Its size is a reflection of the processes therein. To reduce the size of the AOC, we must change the process for building and executing the Air Tasking Order (ATO) from a serial process to a parallel one. The approach to this issue is a description and comparison of serial and parallel ... |
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| Systems and Capability Relation Management in Defence Systems-of-System Context |
JUN 2004 |
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| Authors:
Pin Chen; Ronnie Gori; Angela Pozgay; DEFENCE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ORGANISATION CANBERRA (AUSTRALIA)
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 | The increasing complexity of Defense System-of-Systems is a challenge for not only capability and systems planning and management, but also engineering disciplines such as System engineering, Software Engineering and Information Systems. The defense requires an improved ability in context-awareness of relations, impact and dependency between systems and capabilities while consider changes or evolutions in various defense capability and system planning, study and management activities. This paper introduces concepts for and ... |
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| Intelligent System Controller for the Full Spectrum Active Protection Close in Layered Shield |
26 MAY 2004 |
9 pages |
| Authors:
Mark J. Salamango; Brian E. Rathgeb; TACOM RESEARCH DEVELOPMENT AND ENGINEERING CENTER WARREN MI
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| Active protection may become heavily relied on for survivability of ground combat vehicles as the Army shifts to lighter platforms. Recent events in southwest Asia have also demonstrated a need for active protection on tactical vehicles. The Full spectrum active protection Close-in Layered Shield (FCLAS) system is an active protection system capable of intercepting threats fired even extremely close to a vehicle. The system was designed to provide significant protection ... |
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| Transatlantic Armaments Cooperation: Is It Worth the Effort? |
03 MAY 2004 |
35 pages |
| Authors:
Steven M. Brouse; ARMY WAR COLL CARLISLE BARRACKS PA
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| The European continent has undergone tremendous change since the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989 and the dissolution of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) shortly thereafter in 1991. With such monumental changes taking place some would argue Europe should assume more of its own security responsibilities within the NATO alliance. Taking a closer look however one discovers that the countries of Europe are essentially struggling to find ... |
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| Nonproliferation: Further Improvements Needed in U.S. Efforts to Counter Threats from Man-Portable Air Defense Systems |
MAY 2004 |
59 pages |
| Authors:
GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON DC
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| In 2003, the State Department made important progress in its efforts to control the global proliferation of MANPADS. Thirty-two foreign governments made multilateral commitments to better control MANPADS and prevent their acquisition by terrorists. However, the State Department's ability to assess further progress in MANPADS nonproliferation is limited because the multilateral forums have no mechanisms to monitor members' implementation of commitments. In addition, the State Department obtained foreign government commitments ... |
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| Department of Defense Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear Defense Program Overview |
06 APR 2004 |
45 pages |
| Authors:
Debra Thedford; ASSISTANT TO THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE FOR NUCLEAR AND CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICA L DEFENSE PROGRAMS WASHINGTON DC
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| The vision of the CBRN Defense Program is to combat weapons of mass destruction through a strong chemical biological, radiological and nuclear defense program. The mission of the program is the provide CBRN defense capabilities to effectively execute the National Strategy for Combating Weapons of Mass Destruction and ensure all capabilities are integrated and coordinated within the interagency community. |
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| An Initial Look at Technology and Institutions on Defense Industry Consolidation |
APR 2004 |
17 pages |
| Authors:
John D. Driessnack; David R. King; DEFENSE ACQUISITION UNIV ALEXANDRIA VA
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| Conventional wisdom holds that defense industry consolidation resulted from decreased defense spending. However, we maintain that understanding dynamic changes in key defense institutions helps provide a more complete explanation for observed consolidation. Specifically, we examine the interaction of evolving technology and changing institutions. Institutions reviewed include procurement policies, the weapons requirements process, and procurement organizations. We take an initial look at the industry, and highlight how these changes influenced transaction ... |
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| Future Years Defense Program (FYDP) Structure |
APR 2004 |
2161 pages |
| Authors:
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE WASHINGTON DC DIRECTOR PROGRAM ANALYSIS AND EVALUATION
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| This Handbook lists the alphanumeric codes and titles of the two principal structural elements of the FYDP: Program Element (PE) and Resource Identification Code (RIC). The Handbook also contains definitions for FYDP PEs and the alphanumeric codes for the DoD Components that have resources in the FYDP. These Component codes are subsidiary field in the PE codes. In addition, the Handbook states some of the major roles that guide the ... |
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| Atmospheric Simulation Using a Liquid Crystal Wavefront Controlling Device |
23 MAR 2004 |
92 pages |
| Authors:
Matthew R. Brooks; AIR FORCE INST OF TECH WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB OH SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING AND MANAGEMENT
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| Test and evaluation of laser warning devices is important due to the increased use of 1aser devices in aerial applications. In this thesis, an atmospheric aberrating system is deve1oped to enable in-1ab testing of laser warning devices. This system employs laser 1ight at 632.8nm from a He1ium-Neon source and a spatial light modulator (SLM) to cause phase changes using a birefringent liquid crystaJ material. Before the system can be used, ... |
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| The Alaska Army National Guard Contributions to U.S. National Security |
19 MAR 2004 |
37 pages |
| Authors:
David W. Osborn; ARMY WAR COLL CARLISLE BARRACKS PA
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| The intent of this paper is to analyze the National Security Strategy requirements in Alaska and specifically how security issues directly affect the future of the Alaska Army National Guard (AK ARNG). The areas of analysis will include the requirements emerging from the National Missile Defense Program Homeland Security force deployments as well as the current stated and implied missions and the existing capabilities. Recommendations addressed involve the National Guard ... |
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| National Strategy for Protecting the Infrastructure: A Visionary Approach |
19 MAR 2004 |
31 pages |
| Authors:
Andrew Turnley; ARMY WAR COLL CARLISLE BARRACKS PA
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| Does the August 2003 power outage in the Northeastern United States and Canada indicate how vulnerable our critical national infrastructure is to failure? This SRP addresses such concerns about the viability of our critical national infrastructure using dams as a case study. The question therefore becomes how the nation should protect infrastructure whose destruction or dysfunction poses a threat to our citizens not from terrorism but rather from years of ... |
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| Transforming Defense Basic Research Strategy |
19 MAR 2004 |
32 pages |
| Authors:
Augustus W. Fountain III; ARMY WAR COLL CARLISLE BARRACKS PA
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| Defense basic research is primarily concerned with the discovery and development of fundamental knowledge and understanding to enable future technologies that benefit national defense capabilities. Public funding of basic research for the DoD during the Cold War was successful because it minimized risk through taking maximum advantage of long term research projects that produced rather mature technologies for development. With a basic research budget less than half that of the ... |
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| Wartime Distribution Operations: Roles of Focused Logistics, Velocity Management, Strategic Distribution Policy and Air Clearance Policy |
19 MAR 2004 |
39 pages |
| Authors:
Mark Gardner; ARMY WAR COLL CARLISLE BARRACKS PA
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| This paper analyzes the guidance in the current Focused Logistics Campaign Plan and assesses the effectiveness of Department of Defense (DoD) and service policies on materiel consolidation and air clearance authority. The paper argues that developing common DoD and services policies for materiel consolidation and air clearance will result in a more effective joint distribution system. After Operation Desert Storm the U.S. Army took the lead in reviewing its supply ... |
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| Nuclear High Altitude Electromagnetic Pulse - Implications for Homeland Security and Homeland Defense |
19 MAR 2004 |
42 pages |
| Authors:
Thomas C. Riddle; ARMY WAR COLL CARLISLE BARRACKS PA
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| The detonation of a nuclear weapon at an altitude of approximately 500 kilometers over the United States will generate a near-continental scale high altitude electromagnetic pulse (HEMP). The effects of such an attack may instantaneously destroy or disrupt substantial portions of the electrical and electronic systems that operate the critical infrastructure of the United States as well as portions of Canada and Mexico. Those interested in the efforts to ensure ... |
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| New Zealand Defense Policy Framework, A Strategic Reappraisal |
19 MAR 2004 |
28 pages |
| Authors:
Timothy J. Keating; ARMY WAR COLL CARLISLE BARRACKS PA
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| In June 2000 the NZ Government produced a capstone defense policy paper titled the Defense Policy Framework. In this document the New Zealand Government articulated a defense policy based on a conclusion that New Zealand is not directly threatened by any other country and a focus on regional (South Pacific and SE and NE Asia) security. The paper also highlighted New Zealand's commitment to supporting military actions that are sanctioned ... |
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| Army Transformation and Modernization: Overview and Issues for Congress |
11 MAR 2004 |
7 pages |
| Authors:
Edward F. Bruner; DEFENSE ACQUISITION UNIV FT BELVOIR VA
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| Modernization is not a new issue or objective for U.S. military forces but it has taken on new urgency because of: the post-Cold War downsizing and procurement reductions, the new global environment and unexpected requirements, and the promise of a "revolution in military affairs" (RMA) suggested by rapid developments in computers, communications, and guidance systems. The last notable surge in modernization culminated during the "Reagan build-up" of the 1980's. Weapons ... |
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| Operational Art for the Proliferation Security Initiative |
05 MAR 2004 |
41 pages |
| Authors:
Joel A. Doolin; Burton J. Waltman; NAVAL WAR COLL NEWPORT RI JOINT MILITARY OPERATIONS DEPT
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| To attain PSI objectives, planners must resolve the operational and legal issues in inherent to the maritime interception of WMD. The factors of space, time and force create strengths and weaknesses for interception operations. Intelligence helps commanders manage these operational factors and create legal justification for WMD interdiction. Legal provisions relevant to WMD interdiction have both utility and limitations. In this paper, analysis and supporting charts contour how operational factors ... |
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| Interdicting Electrical Power Grids |
MAR 2004 |
121 pages |
| Authors:
Rogelio E. Alvarez; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA
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| This thesis explores Benders decomposition for solving interdiction problems on electric power grids, with applications to analyzing the vulnerability of such grids to terrorist attacks We refine and extend some existing optimization models and algorithms and demonstrate the value of our techniques using standard reliability test networks from IEEE Our implementation of Benders decomposition optimally solves any problem instance, in theory However, run times increase as Benders' cuts are added ... |
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| Scripting Quality of Security Service (QoSS) Safeguard Measures for the Suggested INFOCON System |
MAR 2004 |
144 pages |
| Authors:
Jennifer Guild; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA
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| The existing INFOCON system is an information warning system that the DOD maintains. It is not formally correlated to other warning systems, such as DEFCON, FPCON/THREATCON, WATCHCONs, SANS INFOCON, or the Homeland Security Advisory System Threat condition, The criteria for each INFOCON level are subjective. The INFOCON recommended actions are a mix of policy and general technical measures. The INFOCON system vaguely follows the Defense in Depth network defense methodology. ... |
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| Japan's Strategic Future: Coalition Operations |
MAR 2004 |
93 pages |
| Authors:
Robert Shu; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA
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| The evolution of the Japanese Self-Defense Force (JSDF) over the past fifty years has created debate in Japan's Parliament over its legality, purpose, direction and normalization. The JSDF appears to be taking steps to "normalize". If so, what are the indicators and have any of the steps been achieved? This thesis analyzes the trends of the JSDF in its evolution from a National Police Reserve to a self-defense force as ... |
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| NATO's Global Role: To What Extent Will NATO Pursue a Global Orientation |
MAR 2004 |
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| Authors:
Miroslav Svejda; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA DEPT OF NATIONAL SECURITY AFFAIRS
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| The geopolitical change and emergence of new threats, notably terrorism and the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, forced a reappraisal of the political and security roles of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), The Alliance's post- Cold War development, operations in the Balkans, and differences across the Atlantic also provided grounds for a revision of NATO's purely self-defense dimension The Alliance, after having permanent out-of-area debates, has realized that ... |
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| Autonomous Agent-Based Simulation of a Model Simulating the Human Air- Threat Assessment Process |
MAR 2004 |
120 pages |
| Authors:
Baris E. Ozkan; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA
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| The Air Defense Laboratory (ADL) Simulation is a software program that models the way an air-defense officer thinks in the threat assessment process. The model uses multi-agent system (MAS) technology and is implemented in Java programming language. This research is a portion of Red Intent Project whose goal is to ultimately implement a model to predict the intent of any given track in the environment. For any air track in ... |
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| Comparative Analysis on the Cost of Oversight for the New National Security Space Acquisition Policy- A Delphi Method Approach |
MAR 2004 |
112 pages |
| Authors:
Darrin L. DeReus; AIR FORCE INST OF TECH WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB OH SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING AND MANAGEMENT
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| For the past 50 years, the military's use of space for our national defense has increased exponentially. The use of space has increased so much that recent events have led to the approval for most space Major Defense Acquisition Programs to fall under their own process of oversight to track and monitor these programs. The largest reason for this change is due to the difference in spending profiles and current ... |
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| Logistic and Multiple Regression: A Two-Pronged Approach to Accurately Estimate Cost Growth in Major DoD Weapon Systems |
MAR 2004 |
114 pages |
| Authors:
Matthew B. Rossetti; AIR FORCE INST OF TECH WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB OH SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING AND MANAGEMENT
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| This research confirms the usefulness of the logistic and multiple regression two-step procedure for assessing cost growth in major DoD weapon systems. We compile programmatic data from the Selected Acquisition Reports (SARs) between 1990 and 2002 for programs covering all defense departments. Our analysis concentrates on cost growth in the procurement appropriations of the Engineering and Manufacturing Development phase of acquisitions. We investigate the use of logistic regression in cost ... |
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| The Collins Center Update. Volume 6, Issue 2, January-March 2004. Joint Force Land Component Commander Course |
MAR 2004 |
5 pages |
| Authors:
Jerry Johnson; ARMY WAR COLL CARLISLE BARRACKS PA CENTER FOR STRATEGIC LEADERSHIP
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| During the week of 21-28 February 2004, the U.S. Army War College held the initial Joint Force Land Component Commander Course (JFLCC). This "pilot" course was a success, and adjustments will be made to make it even better in the future. The mission of the one-week course is to assist in preparing general officers to function effectively as a Land Component Commander in the joint environment. Following completion of the ... |
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| On the Character and Complexity of Certain Defensive Resource Allocation Problems |
MAR 2004 |
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| Authors:
W. P. Malcolm; DEFENCE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ORGANISATION SALISBURY (AUSTRALIA) SYSTEMS SCIENCES LAB
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| In this article we consider two classes of static defensive resource allocation problems, these are, the static "target-value based" weapon target allocation and the static "asset-value based" weapon allocation problem. It is shown that the target-value based problem can be recast, (using indicator functions), into an instantiation of the so-called transportation problem. The transportation problem can be solved by numerous polynomial-time algorithms and has received considerable attention in the literature. ... |
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| Annual Report to Congress, fiscal Year 2003 |
MAR 2004 |
325 pages |
| Authors:
DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF DEFENSE RESEARCH ANDENGINEERING ARLINGTON VA STRATEGIC ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT
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| The Strategic Environmental Research and Development Program (SERDP) is the Department of Defense's corporate environmental science and technology program. To fulfill its mission to address problems through innovative research and share that information across federal and private organizations, SERDP executes the program in partnership with the Department of Energy and the Environmental Protection solicits interest from other public and private research organizations. |
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| The Media and National Security Decision-Making |
29 FEB 2004 |
23 pages |
| Authors:
James M. Marye; ARMY WAR COLL CARLISLE BARRACKS PA
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| The Operation Iraqi Freedom embedded media program provided a constant flow of breaking news reports to both American and international audiences through television cable channels and their internet web sites. This greatly influenced both audiences opinion of the war fight and the aftermath. National public opinion polls on the conduct of the war changed constantly based on the tenor of the reports from the embedded reporters traveling with U.S. Forces ... |
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| The U.S. Coast Guard's Ports, Waterways and Coastal Security Strategy Deployment Plan: An Operational Design for Maritime Homeland Security |
09 FEB 2004 |
33 pages |
| Authors:
Martin L. Malloy; NAVAL WAR COLL NEWPORT RI JOINT MILITARY OPERATIONS DEPT
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| Homeland Security is perhaps the toughest issue that America faces today. It encompasses almost every aspect of American way of life. With the stakes so high, it is the major focus of a host of military and civilian agencies tasked with keeping America safe and secure. The U.S. Coast Guard, as the lead federal agency for Maritime Homeland Security (MHLS), is tasked with bolstering and ensuring the safety and security ... |
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| Reassessing Tanker Employment CONOPS and Command and Control to Maximize Air Mobility Capacity |
09 FEB 2004 |
43 pages |
| Authors:
Timothy B. MacGregor; NAVAL WAR COLL NEWPORT RI JOINT MILITARY OPERATIONS DEPT
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| Analyses of recent air mobility commitments such as the Global War on Terror, Operation Iraqi Freedom, Operation Noble Eagle, and the DoD's 1-4-2-1 force structure defense strategy have concluded that air mobility forces, particularly airlift forces, are entirely insufficient in quantitative terms. Operational commanders, whether functional or regional combatant commanders, JTF commanders, or various component commanders, bear the brunt of the negative effects caused by lack of airlift. In executing ... |
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| Annual Industrial Capabilities Report to Congress |
FEB 2004 |
40 pages |
| Authors:
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE WASHINGTON DC
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| Section 2504 of title 10, United States Code, requires that the Secretary of Defense submit an annual report to the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate and the Committee on Armed Services of the House of Representatives, by March 1st of each year. The report is to include: "(1) A description of the departmental guidance prepared pursuant to section 2506 of this title. (2) A description of the methods ... |
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| Program Acquisition Costs by Weapon System, Department of Defense Budget, Fiscal Year 2005 |
FEB 2004 |
72 pages |
| Authors:
OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY OF DEFENSE (COMPTROLLER) WASHINGTON DC
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| This document is prepared for the convenience and information of the public and the press. It is based on the best information available at the time of publication. This document is available on the Internet at http://www.dtic. mil/comptroller |
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| The Bush Doctrine Shifting Position and Closing the Stance |
26 JAN 2004 |
35 pages |
| Authors:
John M. McBrien; ARMY WAR COLL CARLISLE BARRACKS PA
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| Subsequent to the President's June 1 2002 West Point speech the White House published The National Security Strategy of The United States of America. This document notes that given the new international security situation, '...the United States can no longer solely rely on a reactive posture as we have in the past. As a result the President was taking the position that 'to forestall or prevent such hostile acts by ... |
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| Defense Industrial Base Capabilities Study: Battlespace Awareness |
JAN 2004 |
123 pages |
| Authors:
OFFICE OF THE DEPUTY UNDER SECRETARY OFDEFENSE FOR INDUSTRIAL POLICY ARLINGTON VA
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| In February 2003, the Office of the Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Industrial Policy, ODUSD(IP), produced Transforming the Defense Industrial Base: A Roadmap. This report identified the need for systematic evaluation of the ability of the defense industrial base to develop and provide functional, operational effects-based warfighting capabilities. The Defense Industrial Base Capabilities Study (DIBCS) series begins a systematic assessment of critical technologies and industrial capabilities needed in the ... |
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| The Loss of USMC Man Portable Air Defense Capability |
Jan-2004 |
53 pages |
| Authors:
Stephen G Conroy; MARINE CORPS UNIV QUANTICO VA SCHOOL OF ADVANCED WARFIGHTING (SAW)
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| The loss of Stinger missile capability in the USMC will leave a gap in the future concept known as Sea Shield. Without a sound Sea Shield the operational concepts of Operational Maneuver from the Sea (OMFTS) and Expeditionary Maneuver Warfare (EMW) will be unsupportable. The future vision of the USMC and Navy are embodied in the transformational concepts of Seabasing, Sea Shield, Sea Strike, Expeditionary Maneuver Warfare (EMW), Operational Maneuver ... |
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| Defense Development: A New Approach to Reforming Defense Sectors in the Developing World |
2004 |
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| Authors:
RAND CORP SANTA MONICA CA
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| Underdeveloped military establishments contribute directly to conflict, oppression, and poverty within developing countries and to insecurity in other parts of the world. A strategic approach to defense-sector reform that links it with development and views it as part of an overall development agenda can transform these establishments, with results that go far beyond the military sector. This is the contention put forward in "Clean Lean, and Able: A Strategy for ... |
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| Evaluating the Security of the Global Containerized Supply Chain |
2004 |
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| Authors:
Henry H. Willis; David S. Ortiz; RAND CORP SANTA MONICA CA
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| The global supply chain is the network of suppliers, manufacturing centers, warehouses, distribution centers, and retail outlets that transforms raw materials into finished products and delivers them to consumers (Simchi- Levi, Kaminsky, and Simchi-Levi, 2002). Security of the system has traditionally focused on reducing shrinkage the loss of cargo shipments through theft and mis routing. However, heightened awareness of terrorism has redefined supply-chain security-the consequences of an attack on or ... |
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| The United States, Europe, and the Wider Middle East |
2004 |
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| Authors:
Shahram Chubin; Bruce Hoffman; William Rosenau; RAND CORP SANTA MONICA CA
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| Middle East policy continues to be dominated by what one analyst has termed "the usual suspects," that is, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction (WMD), Iraq security, and other chronic security problems. At the same time, however, the region and, by extension, the United States and Europe face a variety of new policy challenges, including the spread of Islamist extremism, the growth of al-Qa'ida and affiliated ... |
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| Distributed Trust Evaluation in Ad-Hoc Networks |
2004 |
92 pages |
| Authors:
Georgios Theodorakopoulos; MARYLAND UNIV COLLEGE PARK INST FOR SYSTEMS RESEARCH
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| An important concept in network security is trust, interpreted as a relation among entities that participate in various protocols. Trust relations are based on evidence related to the previous interactions of entities within a protocol. In this work, we are focusing on the evaluation process of trust evidence in Ad Hoc Networks. Because of the dynamic nature of Ad Hoc Networks, trust evidence may be uncertain and incomplete. Also, no ... |
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| Security Studies Program |
2004 |
28 pages |
| Authors:
MASSACHUSETTS INST OF TECH CAMBRIDGE CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDIES
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| The Security Studies Program (SSP) is a graduate level research and education program based at the MIT Center for International Studies. It traces its origin to two initiatives. One is the teaching on international security topics,and most particularly on defense budgeting, that Professor William Kaufmann began in the 1960s and the MIT Political Science Department. The other is the MIT-wide seminars on nuclear-weapons and arms control policy that Professors Jack ... |
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| Developing a Comprehensive and Integrated Vulnerability Assessment Methodology for the Defense Department's Critical Infrastructure Protection (CIP) Program. A Report Supporting CIP Program Outread and Education |
12 DEC 2003 |
85 pages |
| Authors:
OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF DEFENSE FOR HOMELAND SECURITY WASHINGTON DC DIRECTOR FOR CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE
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| This report was prepared to support the Department of Defense (DOD) Critical Infrastructure Protection (CIP) strategy for Outreach, Education, and Training. It seeks to help those interested in understanding the Defense Department's current concepts and plans for developing CIP-specific vulnerability assessments. The report ties together and summarizes the many documents that were prepared from 1998 until 2003 and that cover assessment descriptions, applications, information sharing, and a range of other ... |
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| Authorization and Appropriations for FY2004: Defense |
09 DEC 2003 |
76 pages |
| Authors:
Amy Belasco; Stephen Daggett; DEFENSE ACQUISITION UNIV FORT BELVOIR VA DAVID D ACKER LIBRARY AND KNOWLEDGEREPOSITORY
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| With passage of the FY2004 DOD Authorization Act by the House on November 7 and by the Senate on November 12, 2003, Congress completed action on this year's defense authorization (H.R. 1588/H.Rept. 108-384). The President signed the bill on November 24, 2003 (P.L. 108-384). On September 30, just in time for the new fiscal year, the President signed H.R. 2658, the FY2004 DOD appropriations Act (P.L. 108-87), completing action on ... |
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| Strategic Interactions between the United States and North Korea: Deterrence or Security Dilemma? |
DEC 2003 |
81 pages |
| Authors:
Murat Yetgin; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA
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| Worried about the regional and global consequences of a nuclear North Korea, U.S. governments have pursued both diplomacy and coercion to stop North Korea's nuclear weapons program. However, as of December 2003, U.S. policies appear to have failed since North Korea has become the ninth nuclear weapons state. Since North Korea's motives have been ambiguous from the very beginning, the United States has had difficulty in developing strategies that would ... |
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