| The Militarization of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSL Issue Paper, Volume 6-09, July 2009) |
Jul-2009 |
7 pages |
| Authors:
John A Mowchan; ARMY WAR COLL CARLISLE BARRACKS PA CENTER FOR STRATEGIC LEADERSHIP
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 | Russia has reenergized its efforts to evolve the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) from a largely symbolic political organization to a more cohesive militarized security alliance. At the forefront of these efforts is a Russian-led plan to create a new CSTO Rapid Reaction Force (RRF) and a larger Central Asian Military Group. While both initiatives are still in the initial phase of development, the militarization of the CSTO alliance and ... |
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| Intelligence Capability Gap within the SBCT Infantry Company |
12-Jun-2009 |
61 pages |
| Authors:
Kevin C Saatkamp; ARMY COMMAND AND GENERAL STAFF COLL FORT LEAVENWORTH KS
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| This thesis compares the operational requirements of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF) with the Stryker Brigade Combat Team (SBCT) infantry company Modified Table of Organization and Equipment (MTOE) design. The problem is determining why SBCT infantry company commanders are modifying their MTOE organization after deploying to OIF. The purpose of this thesis is to determine if there are sufficient supporting intelligence collection, analysis, and command and control assets at the company ... |
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| U.S. Counterinsurgency Doctrine: Is It Adequate to Defeat Hezbollah as a Threat Model of Future Insurgencies? |
12-Jun-2009 |
83 pages |
| Authors:
Kellie S Rourke; ARMY COMMAND AND GENERAL STAFF COLL FORT LEAVENWORTH KS
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| Hezbollah has emerged as the most dangerous terrorist group in the world. It has about 25,000 active armed members and it can muster a million more in the streets. These terrorists are disciplined, highly trained, and have incredibly lethal equipment and unprecedented information operations and counterintelligence networks. This thesis will answer the primary question of whether U.S. counterinsurgency (COIN) doctrine is adequate to defeat Hezbollah as a threat model of ... |
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| Safeguarding Canadian Arctic Sovereignty Against Conventional Threats |
Jun-2009 |
95 pages |
| Authors:
Dave Abboud; ARMY COMMAND AND GENERAL STAFF COLL FORT LEAVENWORTH KS
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| The effects of climate change as well as national interests over control of vast amounts of natural resources in the Arctic seem to be destabilizing the geostrategic environment involving the circumpolar states. A traditional conflict scenario in the near future is not out of the question, particularly if the legal framework governing the region, the United Nations Law of the Sea Treaty, proves inadequate to address the full range of ... |
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| United States Air Force Posture Statement 2009 |
19-May-2009 |
13 pages |
| Authors:
michael B Donley; Norton A Schwartz; SECRETARY OF THE AIR FORCE WASHINGTON DC
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| Today, the United States faces a spectrum of challenges to our national security and global interests. As an integral member of the Joint team, America's Air Force provides the critical capabilities of Global Vigilance, Global Reach, and Global Power. The United States Air Force is All In today's Joint fight. At the same time, our investments in new capabilities will ensure we are ready for tomorrow's challenges. The mission of ... |
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| Effects-based Operations - A Valid Concept for Operations in an Anti-access Environment |
04-May-2009 |
22 pages |
| Authors:
Eric D Hresko; NAVAL WAR COLL NEWPORT RI JOINT MILITARY OPERATIONS DEPT
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| In his recent article entitled USJFCOM Commander's Guidance for Effects-based Operations, Gen James Mattis states, Effective immediately, USJFCOM will no longer use, sponsor, or export the terms and concepts related to EBO, ONA and SoSA in our training, doctrine development, and support of JPME. This pronouncement has supposedly halted the use of effects-based operations (EBO) within the Department of Defense (DOD), despite the fact that EBO has had success in ... |
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| Competitive Advantage, Uncertainty, and Weapons Procurement: Striking Balance for the Future |
02-May-2009 |
40 pages |
| Authors:
Patrick H Mason; NATIONAL DEFENSE UNIV WASHINGTON DC
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| Secretary Gates has established balance as the defining principle of our National Defense Strategy. Accomplishing balance in an era full of surprise and uncertainty with discontinuities and disruptive forces is immensely challenging. The ongoing overhaul of our strategic planning and acquisition processes is focused on creating the right balance of investments, all leading to a sustained competitive advantage. This paper presents an analysis of how effective this overhaul has been ... |
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| CAS -- A Turboprop Solution for the COIN Fight |
14-Apr-2009 |
22 pages |
| Authors:
Roberto C Scott; MARINE CORPS COMMAND AND STAFF COLL QUANTICO VA
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| Counterinsurgency (COIN) and asymmetric warfare have become the new norm in modern warfare. As the U.S. military adapts to this ever-evolving fight, a shortfall has developed in Close Air Support (CAS) delivery. Modern U.S. fighters bring a terrific punch to the battlefield, but their limited on-station time and high attack velocities make them a poor fit for complex CAS delivery in the COIN fight. Attack helicopters are formidable platforms, but ... |
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| All Our Eggs in a Broken Basket: How the Human Terrain System is Undermining Sustainable Military Cultural Competence |
Apr-2009 |
9 pages |
| Authors:
Ben Connable; ARMY COMBINED ARMS CENTER FORT LEAVENWORTH KS MILITARY REVIEW
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| Field-experienced warfighters and other experts have identified a range of weaknesses in military cultural training, education, and intelligence. Finding an effective and lasting solution to these shortcomings has framed ongoing debate over how to meet operational cultural requirements. One approach would take all criticism of military cultural training and intelligence analysis to heart, applying recent doctrine to long-term knowledge and cultural terrain analysis programs. Forcing the services to view the ... |
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| Engineer Force Structure within the HBCT |
Apr-2009 |
66 pages |
| Authors:
Nestor; Don A Jr; ARMY COMMAND AND GENERAL STAFF COLL FORT LEAVENWORTH KS SCHOOL OF ADVANCED MILITARY STUDIES
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| The purpose of this monograph is to analyze the Heavy Brigade Combat Team's (HBCT) engineer force structure to answer the following question: Does the HBCT have the necessary embedded engineer capabilities to conduct full-spectrum operations, rapidly transitioning between stability and major combat operations? The Army constructed the HBCT, one of the Army's primary tactical warfighting systems, for optimization in open and mixed terrain against conventional and irregular threats. However, its ... |
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| Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps: Instability in the Middle East |
31-Mar-2009 |
47 pages |
| Authors:
Brian H Cunningham; MARINE CORPS COMMAND AND STAFF COLL QUANTICO VA
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| The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps threatens the United States' national interests and stability within the Middle East because the IRGC controls Iran's nuclear program and sponsors terrorism. Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini formed the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) in 1979 to protect his regime against external and domestic threats. The IRGC has opposed U.S. policies in the Middle East since the IRGC's founding in 1979. The IRGC controls the Iranian nuclear ... |
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| Russia's Demographic Trend: A Population in Steady Decline |
26-Mar-2009 |
34 pages |
| Authors:
Thomas E Wedding; ARMY WAR COLL CARLISLE BARRACKS PA
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| The Russian Federation is experiencing a population decline unprecedented in modern human history. This decline is not due to war or a single epidemic, but a combination of demographic factors that are irreversible in the short term: birth rates well below replacement level, abnormally high death rates, and lowered life expectancies. Exacerbating the trend in the future will be the high rate of HIV/AIDS infection Russia is experiencing. This population ... |
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| Seabasing: A Strategy for the 21st Century? |
26-Mar-2009 |
38 pages |
| Authors:
Christopher T Mayette; ARMY WAR COLL CARLISLE BARRACKS PA
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| The United States has traditionally maintained a persistent forward presence through the application of sea power and the forward basing of significant forces in overseas locations such as Korea, Japan and Europe. The current world environment challenges the efficacy and prudence of this practice going forward. Current seabasing concepts provide the flexibility to maintain a persistent forward presence in a changing world-operating environment while negating certain anti-access challenges and many ... |
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| The United States Army Concept Capability Plan for Combating Weapons of Mass Destruction for the Futer Modular Force 2015-2024 |
25-Mar-2009 |
106 pages |
| Authors:
ARMY TRAINING AND DOCTRINE COMMAND FORT MONROE VA
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| TRADOC Pam 525-7-19 provides amplification to the Army's capstone and operating concepts and nests with the joint publication, Joint Integrating Concept for Combating Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD). It describes capabilities required for the future Modular Force to implement effectively the National Military Strategy to Combat Weapons of Mass Destruction (NMSCWMD) during the 2015-2024 timeframe. This concept incorporates the guiding principles active, layered defense in depth and situational awareness and ... |
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| The US Army and Security Force Assistance: Assessing the Need for an Institutionalized Advisory Capability |
03-Mar-2009 |
107 pages |
| Authors:
William C Jr; Taylor; ARMY COMMAND AND GENERAL STAFF COLL FORT LEAVENWORTH KS
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| The U.S. Army had difficulty initiating and conducting advisory operations in Operation Iraqi Freedom due to the lack of an institutionalized advisory capability. The need to create an advisory capability after the requirement developed resulted in a 3-year delay in Iraqi Security Force development, which threatened mission success in Iraq. This experience shows that the U.S. Army should consider developing an institutionalized advisory capability. Opponents of this idea view the ... |
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| Implications of China's Growing Military Diplomatic Clout for the United States: Cooperation, Competition or Conflict |
Mar-2009 |
145 pages |
| Authors:
Steven X Li; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA
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| China's military capabilities are growing and so is Beijing's ability to employ its military in diplomatic capacities. Since the Chinese military's power projection capabilities still remain limited, the preponderance of its activities still fall within Asia. This thesis uses a three-step process (comparing, analyzing and extracting implications) to assess if increased levels of Chinese military diplomacy will shift the Sino-U.S. military relationship towards competition, cooperation, or conflict. This research effort ... |
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| Department of Defense Policies and Procedures for the Acquisition of Information Technology |
Mar-2009 |
110 pages |
| Authors:
DEFENSE SCIENCE BOARD WASHINGTON DC
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| Information technology (IT) offers immense capability in terms of agility, flexibility, responsiveness, and effectiveness. It enables nearly all of our military combat capability and has become a necessary element of our most critical warfare systems. However, there is growing concern within Congress and among Department of Defense (DOD) leadership that the nation's military advantage may be eroding. The deliberate process through which weapon systems and information technology are acquired by ... |
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| The Need for Conventional Warfare as the US Military Addresses the Environment & Threats of the 21st Century |
Mar-2009 |
30 pages |
| Authors:
Robert C Piddock; MARINE CORPS COMMAND AND STAFF COLL QUANTICO VA
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| The United States Military's success on the battlefields ofthe 21st Century will require a continued focus on high intensity combat operations (conventional warfare) ensuring the right lessons are learned from the current War on Terror in order to maintain, train, lead, and equip a military capable of winning decisively. |
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| Application of the Classic Light Infantry Model in Afghanistan |
20-Feb-2009 |
18 pages |
| Authors:
J D Winfrey; MARINE CORPS COMMAND AND STAFF COLL QUANTICO VA
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| Marine Corps Vision and Strategy 2025 assesses the future security environment as one characterized by what it terms hybrid conflicts. Combining the lethality of modern state capabilities with the fervor, fanaticism, and unpredictability of irregular threats, future adversaries in these conflicts will seek to neutralize the conventional military might of U.S. forces by selecting from the whole menu of tactics and technologies which best fit their own strategic culture and ... |
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| The Common Aviation Command and Control System: Worth the Wait? |
20-Feb-2009 |
16 pages |
| Authors:
J M Steinkamp; MARINE CORPS COMMAND AND STAFF COLL QUANTICO VA
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| Initially scheduled for full operational capability (FOC) in 2008, the Common Aviation Command and Control System's (CAC2S) current FOC target date is unknown. Plagued by recent setbacks, the program has received intense scrutiny with regard to delays and overall viability. CAC2S is designed to support the Marine Corps' capstone warfighting concept, expeditionary maneuver warfare (EMW), as well as to ensure success during naval and joint/combined operations across the spectrum of ... |
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| Company Level Intelligence Cells: A Key Enabler for Understanding the 21st Century Operating Environment |
20-Feb-2009 |
22 pages |
| Authors:
G L Diana; MARINE CORPS COMMAND AND STAFF COLL QUANTICO VA
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| The ability of a commander at any echelon to gain timely and accurate situational understanding (SU) of their area of operations is critical to mission success. Currently there is an ever-expanding dependence on small units, primarily company level and below, to operate in a distributed manner across much larger battle spaces. Higher commands are not fully meeting their intelligence requirements in a timely manner, nor at the level of detail ... |
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| Kazakhstan's Defense Policy: An Assessment of the Trends |
Feb-2009 |
74 pages |
| Authors:
Roger N McDermott; ARMY WAR COLL STRATEGIC STUDIES INST CARLISLE BARRACKS PA
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| The U.S. war on terrorism, with its deployment of military assets within Central Asia in support of ongoing antiterrorist operations in Afghanistan, ensures the long-term strategic importance of Central Asia in U.S. policy planning. Kazakhstan, with its vast hydrocarbon reserves combined with its high profile support for the war on terrorism, will play a key part in these calculations. As Kazakhstan has developed the capabilities of its armed forces, with ... |
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| Assessment of Naval Core Capabilities |
15-Jan-2009 |
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| Authors:
Alfred Kaufman; Jerome J Burke; Grant Sharp; Patricia Cohen; INSTITUTE FOR DEFENSE ANALYSES ALEXANDRIA VA
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 | The Navy and Marine Corps have traditionally advanced what are termed Core Capabilities as convenient shorthand for explaining what they do uniquely to secure the nation. After the initiation War on Terror, additional core capabilities found their way into various authoritative Department of the Navy documents. Concerned with the lack of consistency between the various lists of naval core capabilities, the Secretary of the Navy's Office of Program and Process ... |
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| The Capabilities That Medium-Armored Forces Bring to the Full Spectrum of Operations |
Jan-2009 |
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| Authors:
Susan Woodward; RAND ARROYO CENTER SANTA MONICA CA
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| Medium-armored forces are central to the U.S. Army's vision of the Future Force, expected to combine the agility of light infantry with the greater lethality and survivability of heavy units through the Future Combat System (FCS). FCS is a networked family of systems designed to achieve information superiority on the battlefield. While the U.S. Army develops FCS, it is fielding Stryker brigade combat teams, medium-armored forces that give the current ... |
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| A Stability Police Force for the United States: Justification and Options for Creating U.S. Capabilities |
Jan-2009 |
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| Authors:
Keith Crane; Seth G Jones; Robert C Davis; Barnett; Terrence K Kelly; James E II; Carl Jensen; RAND ARROYO CENTER SANTA MONICA CA
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| Establishing security is the sine qua non of stability operations, since it is a prerequisite for reconstruction and development. Security requires a mix of military and police forces to deal with a range of threats from insurgents to criminal organizations. This research examines the creation of a high-end police force, which we call a Stability Police Force (SPF). The study considers what size force is necessary, how responsive it needs ... |
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| Assessing Capabilities and Risks in Air Force Programming. Framework, Metrics, and Methods |
Jan-2009 |
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| Authors:
Don Snyder; Patrick Mills; Adam C Resnick; Brent D Fulton; RAND CORP SANTA MONICA CA
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| The goal of the defense budget is to deliver a portfolio of capabilities to meet a spectrum of uncertain future security environments. Despite progress in recent U.S. Air Force capabilities-based programming efforts, many limitations persist, and there are many disconnects between capability assessments and programming. To help mitigate these limitations, the findings presented here reexamine capabilities-based programming by introducing a new definition of capability metrics and a new set of ... |
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| Developing a Process to Build Partner Capacity for Combating Weapons of Mass Destruction |
Jan-2009 |
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| Authors:
Kim Cragin; David R Howell; Jennifer D Moroney; Joe Hagler; Benjamin Bahney; Charlotte Lynch; Rebecca Zimmerman; RAND NATIONAL DEFENSE RESEARCH INST SANTA MONICA CA
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| How can the United States better support its partners' efforts to combat the threat of weapons of mass destruction (WMD) proliferation? Although the United States has instituted a number of programs to combat the spread of WMD, it does not have the resources necessary to stop all WMD threats. Instead, it needs to pursue a more coordinated effort to enhance partners' border security, WMD detection, interdiction, and other capabilities to ... |
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| Building Partner Capacity to Combat Weapons of Mass Destruction |
Jan-2009 |
143 pages |
| Authors:
Kim Cragin; David R Howell; Jennifer D Moroney; Joe Hogler; Benjamin Bahney; Charlotte Lynch; Rebecca Zimmerman; DEFENSE THREAT REDUCTION AGENCY ALEXANDRIA VA
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| This RAND National Defense Research Institute monograph outlines and then applies a four-step process for developing regional approaches to BPC to combat WMD. Limited resources, access, and incomplete knowledge of WMD threats create a need for working with appropriate partner countries around the world to address these challenges. The monograph offers seven key themes to consider when implementing BPC regional approaches. The monograph argues that the United States needs a ... |
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| Relevance of Riverine Capability for Today's Portuguese Navy |
Jan-2009 |
58 pages |
| Authors:
Fernandes; Clemente M Gil; MARINE CORPS COMBAT DEVELOPMENT COMMAND QUANTICO VA
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| Although Portugal is presently facing a different set of circumstances than those of the colonial period, its commitment to NATO, the European Union (EU), the United Nations (UN), and the Portuguese communities in the world suggest that a riverine capability and the means to project it is as relevant for today's Portuguese Navy as it was in the past. Discussion: Portuguese riverine forces during the colonial wars in Africa and ... |
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| Policy and Purpose: The Economy of Deterrence |
Jan-2009 |
21 pages |
| Authors:
Norton A Schwartz; Timothy R Kirk; DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE WASHINGTON DC
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| The 2008 Air Force Association convention chief of staff keynote speech addressed the subject of deterrence, asserting that it is not a fading construct in national security. On the contrary, deterrence is reemerging and growing in importance as an aspect of U.S. defense policy. The keynote speech invited the audience to think about deterrence in a broader sense and how the U.S. Air Force can contribute in a fashion relevant ... |
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| On Nuclear Deterrence and Assurance |
Jan-2009 |
39 pages |
| Authors:
Keith B Payne; NATIONAL INST FOR PUBLIC POLICY FAIRFAX VA
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| In due course, the fact that continuing faith in fixed Cold War models, terms, and metrics has stymied the Nuclear Posture Review's (NPR) implementation will be a historical footnote, one with possibly lasting effect. The important question to consider now, however, is not the fate of the 2001 NPR, but rather the fate of future reviews and efforts to better align U.S. strategic policy and requirements with the reality of ... |
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| Shaping Strategic Defense: The Air Force Nuclear Mission |
Jan-2009 |
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| Authors:
Abraham P Redoble; MARINE CORPS COMMAND AND STAFF COLL QUANTICO VA
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| On the night of August 29th, 2007, Air Force loadmasters inadvertently loaded a B-52 bomber with six nuclear-tipped cruise missiles for its flight from Minot Air Force Base (AFB), North Dakota to Barksdale AFB, Louisiana. Then, in March 2008, officials at Hill AFB, Utah, uncovered a shipment by the Defense Logistics Agency, dating back to September 2006, of four Mk-12 nose-cone fuse assemblies mistakenly shipped to Taiwan. The Taiwanese had ... |
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| Developing a Cultural Intelligence Capability |
12-Dec-2008 |
82 pages |
| Authors:
Todd J Clark; ARMY COMMAND AND GENERAL STAFF COLL FORT LEAVENWORTH KS
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| The Global War on Terror (GWOT) requires that the military modify its methodology for conducting global operations. The military is transitioning from primarily lethal-focused offensive and defensive operations to full-spectrum operations that also include stability operations. The military must therefore address the need for personnel that can operate globally to accomplish missions. The contemporary areas of operation place United States (U.S.) military forces in foreign lands. The indigenous populations are ... |
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| Report of the Defense Science Board Permanent Task Force on Nuclear Weapons Surety on Nuclear Weapons Inspections for the Strategic Nuclear Forces |
Dec-2008 |
51 pages |
| Authors:
DEFENSE SCIENCE BOARD WASHINGTON DC
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| The Secretary and the Chief of Staff of the Air Force, and the Major Air Commanders should: Provide clear direction on the collective and individual objectives of the set of nuclear inspections. Remove any direction or implication that inspection teams have an education or mentoring responsibility during the conduct of an inspection The Secretary of the Air Force should direct formation of a team of NSI, NORI, DNSI inspectors and ... |
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| RMA to ONA: The Saga of an Effects-Based Operation |
18-Nov-2008 |
60 pages |
| Authors:
Charles M Kyle; ARMY COMMAND AND GENERAL STAFF COLL FORT LEAVENWORTH KS SCHOOL OF ADVANCED MILITARY STUDIES
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| In the aftermath of the air campaign that began Operation Desert Storm, the US Air Force sought to measure US success in the military-technical and organizational innovation that occurred during the Gulf War and its impact on the future evolution of military art. From the perspective of the Air Force, the success of the war was based on planning and execution by the US air and naval strike forces during ... |
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| Time for a New Dance Partner: Phase Zero Engagement of NGOs in PACOM's Security Cooperation Plan |
31-Oct-2008 |
29 pages |
| Authors:
Bernard P Wang; NAVAL WAR COLL NEWPORT RI JOINT MILITARY OPERATIONS DEPT
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| Our national strategy envisions the preservation of human dignity and humanitarian assistance as a strategic objective. The U.S. military increasingly finds itself the executive agent in this humanitarian strategy. The strategy recognizes that human suffering and systemic breakdowns in a state's ability to provide for human needs is a security matter we cannot ignore. Although U.S. military forces have always played a pivotal role in humanitarian assistance and disaster relief ... |
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| China Naval Modernization: Implications for U.S. Navy Capabilities - Background and Issues for Congress |
08-Oct-2008 |
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| Authors:
Ronald O'Rourke; LIBRARY OF CONGRESS WASHINGTON DC CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE
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| Concern has grown in Congress and elsewhere since the 1990s about China's military modernization. Several of the U.S. Navy's most expensive acquisition programs, as well as Navy initiatives for homeporting ships and for training sailors, are for developing or maintaining capabilities that could be useful or critical in countering improved Chinese mantime military capabilities in coming years. The issue for Congress addressed in this report is: How should China's military ... |
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| China Naval Modernization: Implications for U.S. Navy Capabilities -- Background and Issues for Congress |
12-Sep-2008 |
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| Authors:
Ronald O'Rourke; LIBRARY OF CONGRESS WASHINGTON DC CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE
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| Concern has grown in Congress and elsewhere since the 1990s about China's military modernization. Several of the U.S. Navy's most expensive acquisition programs, as well as Navy initiatives for homeporting ships and for training sailors, are for developing or maintaining capabilities that could be useful or critical in countering improved Chinese maritime military capabilities in coming years. How should China's military modernization be factored into decisions about U.S. Navy programs? ... |
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| Human Views: Extensions to the Department of Defense Architecture Framework |
01-Sep-2008 |
99 pages |
| Authors:
Andrew Stewart; Kevin Baker; Chris Pogue; Rudy Ramotar; CAE PROFESSIONAL SERVICES OTTAWA (ONTARIO)
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| The Collaborative Capability Definition, Engineering and Management (CapDEM) Technology Demonstration Project (TDP) has been exploring the concept of Capability Engineering (CE) which provides analytical rigour and traceability within a System-of-Systems (S-of-S)" construct to support the execution of Capability Based Planning (CBP). CapDEM has invested significant effort into the integration of specific tools and processes to support CE and its relationship to the Defence Management System. Within this effort, the utility ... |
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| NATO's Prague Capabilities Commitment |
22-Jul-2008 |
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| Authors:
Carl Ek; LIBRARY OF CONGRESS WASHINGTON DC CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE
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| With the end of the Cold War, NATO began to reassess its collective defense strategy and to anticipate possible new missions. The conflicts in the Balkans highlighted the need for more mobile forces, for greater technological equality between the United States and its allies, and for interoperability. In 1999, NATO launched the Defense Capabilities Initiative (DCI), an effort to enable the alliance to deploy troops quickly to crisis regions, to ... |
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| Operationally Responsive Space (ORS) Architecture for the Year 2025 |
15-Jun-2008 |
109 pages |
| Authors:
K Hansen; M Widmann; B Hatcher; J Kacala; J Rayburn; J Turner; M Senn; S Ledoux; S Kennedy; J Carson; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA SPACE SYSTEMS ACADEMIC GROUP
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| The Unites States' first space systems programs were initially developed to meet the requirements of strategic users. Since the 1991 Gulf War there has been a growing dependence on the capabilities and support delivered by these programs to meet the requirements of nonstrategic users. The current National Security Space (NSS) architecture makes it rather difficult for all but critical strategic users to fully capitalize on the available assets. Timelines that ... |
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| Combined Arms Warfare in the 21st Century: Maximizing the Capability of U.S. Army Future Combat System Equipped Brigade Combat Teams to Conduct Combined Arms Operations |
13 JUN 2008 |
178 pages |
| Authors:
James W. Reed; ARMY COMMAND AND GENERAL STAFF COLL FORT LEAVENWORTH KS
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| The U.S. Army's first Future Combat System (FCS) equipped Brigade Combat Team (BCT) becomes fully operational in 2015. Concern for the possibility of combined arms capability gaps between planned FCS capacities and those required to defeat the expected 2015 dominant threat model -- the Extremist Guerrilla Army -- led to a study of combined arms operations (CAW). The author explores the nature of CAW, and through the use of synchronization ... |
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| Closing the Gap: The Effect of China's Rise on Taiwan's Independence Policy |
01-Jun-2008 |
97 pages |
| Authors:
Stacey A Prescott; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA
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| This thesis examines the shifts in Taiwan's independence policy since 1991 to determine whether Taipei has been more restrained in times of military vulnerability. The objective is to determine whether Taipei's actions favoring independence are dependent on threats to its security from offensive actions by the People's Republic of China (PRC), and if so, to determine the effect of the PRC's growing military capability on those independence policies. The level ... |
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| India's Approaching Expeditionary Armed Forces |
19-May-2008 |
52 pages |
| Authors:
Christopher R Liermann; ARMY COMMAND AND GENERAL STAFF COLL FORT LEAVENWORTH KS SCHOOL OF ADVANCED MILITARY STUDIES
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| The country of India continues to straddle the crossroads of East and West, much as it has done throughout the 19th and 20th centuries. As the world's fastest growing population with an enormous capitalist appetite, India finds itself a strategic partner of the United States, and yet a global competitor interested in agreements with dubious cohorts such as Russia and China. Because of its increasing interests abroad, India must look ... |
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| U.S. Special Operations Forces (SOF): Background and Issues for Congress |
16 MAY 2008 |
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| Authors:
Andrew Feickert; LIBRARY OF CONGRESS WASHINGTON DC CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE
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| Special Operations Forces (SOF) are small, elite military units with special training and equipment that can infiltrate into hostile territory through land, sea, or air to conduct a variety of operations, many of them classified. SOF personnel undergo rigorous selection and lengthy, specialized training. The U.S. Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) oversees the training, doctrine, and equipping of all U.S. SOF units. SOF personnel play a significant role in U.S. military ... |
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| Interactive Planning for Capability Driven Air & Space Operations |
30 APR 2008 |
204 pages |
| Authors:
Abbas K. Zaidi; Alexander H. Levis; GEORGE MASON UNIV FAIRFAX VA SYSTEMS ARCHITECTURE LAB
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| The report describes the progress made, during the reporting period (March 01, 2005 to Aug. 31, 2006), on research conducted to develop approaches for capability driven planning, and to identify/develop methodologies and tools to implement the approach. The report presents work on a temporal representational and reasoning formalism and its software implementation. It also presents findings on an examination of the need and nature of campaign of experimentation to explore ... |
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| Neglected Capabilities in the DoD: Using Agency Theory to Improve Guidance. Policy Analysis Exercise |
01 APR 2008 |
59 pages |
| Authors:
Doug Presley; Anthony Stinton; JOHN F KENNEDY SCHOOL OF GOVERNMENT CAMBRIDGE MA
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| Providing effective national defense is one of the fundamental purposes of the U.S. government and the sole purpose of the DoD, and strong, living military services are an essential component of that mission. Yet the strength and culture of the military services can also create agency problems which interfere with the Secretary of Defense's ability to guide the acquisition of necessary capabilities. This report will therefore seek to answer the ... |
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| Space Acquisitions: DOD is Making Progress to Rapidly Deliver Low Cost Space Capabilities, but Challenges Remain |
01-Apr-2008 |
22 pages |
| Authors:
Karen Sloan; Art Gallegos; Arturo Holguin; Cristina Chaplain; Maria Durant; Jean Harker; GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE WASHINGTON DC
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| The Department of Defense (DoD) invests heavily in space assets to provide the warfighter with intelligence, navigation, and other information critical to conducting military operations. In fiscal year 2008 alone, DoD expects to spend over $22 billion dollars on space systems. Despite this investment, senior military commanders have reported shortfalls in tactical space capabilities in each recent major conflict over the past decade. To provide short-term tactical capabilities as well ... |
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| Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance: DOD Can Better Assess and Integrate ISR Capabilities and Oversee Development of Future ISR Requirements |
MAR 2008 |
69 pages |
| Authors:
Davi M. D'Agostino; Margaret G. Morgan; Catherine H. Brown; Gabrielle A. Carrington; Frank Cristinzio; Grace Coleman; Jay Smale; Karen Thornton; GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE WASHINGTON DC
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| The Department of Defense's (DoD) intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) capabilities -- such as satellites and unmanned aircraft systems -- are crucial to military operations, and demand for ISR capabilities has increased. For example, DoD plans to invest $28 billion over the next 7 years in 20 airborne ISR systems alone. Congress directed DoD to fully integrate its ISR capabilities, also known as the ISR enterprise, as it works to ... |
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| Bridging the Gap: The Untapped Potential of the MV-22 Osprey |
24-Feb-2008 |
19 pages |
| Authors:
C J Klemko; MARINE CORPS COMMAND AND STAFF COLL QUANTICO VA
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| There has been much debate over the future of medium lift for the Marine Corps. With the service life of the CH-46E coming to an end, the Marine Corps needed to find a replacement. As technology progressed, a tiltrotor aircraft seemed like an ideal solution. The Marine Corps pursued that option, resulting in the MV-22 Osprey. Over the years, the Osprey program has generated much criticism. Skeptics argued about the ... |
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