| China Naval Modernization: Implications for U.S. Navy Capabilities - Background and Issues for Congress |
23-Nov-2009 |
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| Authors:
Ronald O'Rourke; LIBRARY OF CONGRESS WASHINGTON DC CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE
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 | In the debate over future U.S. defense spending, including deliberations taking place in the current Quadrennial Defense Review (QDR), a key issue is how much emphasis to place on programs for countering improved Chinese military forces in coming years. Observers disagree on the issue, with some arguing that such programs should receive significant emphasis, others arguing that they should receive relatively little, and still others taking an intermediate position. The ... |
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| Strategic Arms Control After START: Issues and Options |
18-Nov-2009 |
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| Authors:
Amy F Woolf; LIBRARY OF CONGRESS WASHINGTON DC CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE
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| The United States and Soviet Union signed the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty in 1991; it entered into force in December 1994 and is due to expire in December 2009. The United States and Russia have held several meetings to discuss options for continuing their arms control relationship. They are currently negotiating a new Treaty that would replace START. START counts each deployed ICBM, SLBM, bomber as a single delivery vehicle ... |
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| China Naval Modernization: Implications for U.S. Navy Capabilities - Background and Issues for Congress |
21-Oct-2009 |
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| Authors:
Ronald O'Rourke; LIBRARY OF CONGRESS WASHINGTON DC CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE
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| In the debate over future U.S. defense spending, including deliberations taking place in the current Quadrennial Defense Review (QDR), a key issue is how much emphasis to place on programs for countering improved Chinese military forces in coming years. Observers disagree on the issue, with some arguing that such programs should receive significant emphasis, others arguing that they should receive relatively little, and still others taking an intermediate position. The ... |
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| Strategic Arms Control After START: Issues and Options |
09-Oct-2009 |
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| Authors:
Amy F Woolf; LIBRARY OF CONGRESS WASHINGTON DC CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE
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| The United States and Soviet Union signed the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty in 1991; it entered into force in December 1994 and is due to expire in December 2009. The United States and Russia have held several meetings to discuss options for continuing their arms control relationship. They are currently negotiating a new Treaty that would replace START. START counts each deployed ICBM, SLBM, bomber as a single delivery vehicle ... |
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| Taiwan: Major U.S. Arms Sales Since 1990 |
24-Sep-2009 |
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| Authors:
Shirley A Kan; LIBRARY OF CONGRESS WASHINGTON DC CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE
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| This report, updated as warranted, discusses U.S. security assistance to Taiwan, or Republic of China (ROC), including policy issues for Congress and legislation. Congress has oversight of the Taiwan Relations Act (TRA), P.L. 96-8, which has governed arms sales to Taiwan since 1979, when the United States recognized the People's Republic of China (PRC) instead of the ROC. Two other relevant parts of the one China policy are the August ... |
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| Long-Range Ballistic Missile Defense in Europe |
23-Sep-2009 |
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| Authors:
Carl Ek; Steven A Hildreth; LIBRARY OF CONGRESS WASHINGTON DC CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE
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| In early 2007, after several years of internal discussions and consultations with Poland and the Czech Republic, the Bush Administration formally proposed deploying a ground-based midcourse defense (GMD) element in Europe of the larger Ballistic Missile Defense System (BMDS) to defend against an Iranian missile threat. The system would have included 10 interceptors in Poland, a radar in the Czech Republic, and another radar deployed in a country closer to ... |
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| Development of the Phase Synchronization Circuit for Wirelessly Distributed Digital Phased Array |
Sep-2009 |
129 pages |
| Authors:
Yen-Chang Tsai; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA
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 | The Wirelessly Distributed Digital Phased Array (WDDPA) is an ongoing research program at the Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) which has numerous possible applications in radar and communication systems. The WDDPA incorporates many array elements randomly or nonuniformly in the environment or on a platform. Array elements are synchronized and controlled over a wireless channel. Compared to conventional phased array systems, its advantages are adaptability, survivability and flexibility. Phase synchronization is ... |
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| China and Japan's Strategic Nuclear Relationship |
Sep-2009 |
78 pages |
| Authors:
Jeffrey W LaBauve; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA
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| While China and Japan individually have been the focus of tremendous study, until recently it was not necessary to compare their nuclear relationship. The advent of Japan's ballistic missile defenses has offered a unique twist on the traditional study between two nuclear powers. This thesis examines each country?s strategic situation in this new light and maintains that the same theories about strategic interaction still hold. Lawrence Freedman's theory of general ... |
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| The Changing U.S.-Japan Alliance: Implications for U.S. Interests |
23-Jul-2009 |
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| Authors:
Emma Chanlett-Avery; Weston S Konishi; LIBRARY OF CONGRESS WASHINGTON DC CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE
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| Since the late 1990s, and particularly since 2000, the U.S.-Japan alliance has undergone significant changes. During the first term of the Bush Administration, converging U.S. and Japanese objectives in confronting North Korea's nuclear and missile programs and Japan's participation in U.S. operations in Iraq and Afghanistan reinforced the notion of the U.S.-Japan alliance as one of the central partnerships of U.S. foreign policy, particularly in Asia. By 2007, political developments ... |
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| U.S. Strategic Nuclear Forces: Background, Developments, and Issues |
14-Jul-2009 |
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| Authors:
Army F Woolf; LIBRARY OF CONGRESS WASHINGTON DC CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE
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| During the Cold War, the U.S. nuclear arsenal contained many types of delivery vehicles for nuclear weapons. The longer range systems, which included long-range missiles based on U.S. territory, long-range missiles based on submarines, and heavy bombers that could threaten Soviet targets from their bases in the United States, are known as strategic nuclear delivery vehicles. At the end of the Cold War, in 1991, the United States deployed more ... |
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| Strategic Arms Control After START: Issues and Options |
09-Jul-2009 |
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| Authors:
Amy F Woolf; LIBRARY OF CONGRESS WASHINGTON DC CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE
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| The United States and Soviet Union signed the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty in 1991; it entered into force in December 1994 and is due to expire in December 2009. The United States and Russia have held several meetings to discuss options for continuing their arms control relationship. They are currently negotiating a new Treaty that would replace START. START counts each deployed ICBM, SLBM, bomber as a single delivery vehicle ... |
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| Defense AR Journal. Volume 16, Number 2, Issue 51, July 2009 |
Jul-2009 |
124 pages |
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John Dillard; David N Ford; David A Wallace; John G Ferrari; Roy L Wood; Christopher H Hanks; James C Byrd; Michael J Osborne; Mark Oehlert; DEFENSE ACQUISITION UNIV ALEXANDRIA VA
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| The Defense Acquisition Review Journal, formerly the Acquisition Review Quarterly journal, is published quarterly by the Defense Acquisition University (DAU) Press. Articles in this issue include: Calling All Program Managers Assuming the Role of CEO; The Future Use of Corporate Warriors with the U.S. Armed Forces: Legal, Policy, and Practical Considerations and Concerns; Modeling the Performance and Risks of Evolutionary Acquisition; Transferring Conventional Munitions Industrial Base Capabilities to the Public ... |
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| Long-Range Ballistic Missile Defense in Europe |
22-Jun-2009 |
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| Authors:
Carl Ek; Steven A Hildreth; LIBRARY OF CONGRESS WASHINGTON DC CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE
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| Successive U.S. governments have urged the creation of an anti-missile system to protect against long-range ballistic missile threats from adversary states. The Bush Administration believed that North Korea and Iran represented strategic threats, and questioned whether they could be deterred by conventional means. The Bush Administration's position on this issue remained unchanged, even after the intelligence community assessed that the Iranian nuclear weapons program halted in 2003. The Bush Administration ... |
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| The Impact on Strategic Stability of Ballistic Missile Defense in Eastern Europe |
12-Jun-2009 |
169 pages |
| Authors:
Derek F Schin; ARMY COMMAND AND GENERAL STAFF COLL FORT LEAVENWORTH KS
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| While the United States and Russia have many disagreements, very few of these affect nuclear weapon policy. One that has recently done so, however, is the argument over ballistic missile defense systems in Europe. The United States has signed bilateral missile defense agreements with both Poland and the Czech Republic, but neither country has yet ratified the agreements. The uncertainty of the future of these systems, Russia's opposition to them, ... |
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| Military and Dual-Use Technology. Covert Testing Shows Continuing Vulnerabilities of Domestic Sales for Illegal Export |
04-Jun-2009 |
27 pages |
| Authors:
Gregory D Kutz; GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE WASHINGTON DC
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| GAO found that sensitive dual-use and military technology can be easily and legally purchased from manufacturers and distributors within the United States and illegally exported without detection. Using a bogus front company and fictitious identities, GAO purchased sensitive items including night-vision scopes currently used by U.S. soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan to identify targets, triggered spark gaps used to detonate nuclear weapons, electronic sensors used in improvised explosive devices, and ... |
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| Boeing Michigan Aeronautical Research Center (BOMARC) Missile Shelters and Bunkers Scoping Survey Report |
01-Jun-2009 |
1203 pages |
| Authors:
Steven Rademacher; Joshua Hubbell; Derek Favret; AIR FORCE RESEARCH LAB BROOKS CITY-BASE TX HUMAN PERFORMANCE WING (711TH)
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| The Weapons Safety Division, Headquarters, Air Force Safety Center (HQAFSC/SEW) and Radiation Health Branch, USAF School of Aerospace Medicine (USAFSAM/OEHH) performed radiological scoping surveys on Boeing Michigan Aeronautical Research Center (BOMARC) site structures. Work coincided with oversight responsibilities during final status surveys and spot remediation under contract to Cabrera Services, and later remedial actions in pits and bunkers. In general, survey findings were comparative to survey measurements of shelter interiors ... |
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| The Impact of the Type 094 Ballistic Missile Submarine on China's Nuclear Policy |
Jun-2009 |
124 pages |
| Authors:
Samuel Bell; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA
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| This thesis examines the implication of China's near completion of a viable nuclear triad. The objective is to determine first, how this submarine will fit into China's no-first-use policy with regards to their nuclear weapons. And second, determine how advanced this weapon platform will be. With the introduction of multiple Type 094 Jin class ballistic missile submarines, has Beijing set the stage for a possible return to Cold War level ... |
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| Sea-Based Ballistic Missile Defense-Background and Issues for Congress |
21-May-2009 |
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| Authors:
Ronald O'Rourke; LIBRARY OF CONGRESS WASHINGTON DC CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE
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| As part of its effort to develop an integrated global ballistic missile defense (BMD) system, the Department of Defense (DOD) has modified or is modifying several Navy Aegis cruisers and many Navy Aegis destroyers for BMD operations. DOD has also deployed a large BMD radar -- the Sea-Based X-Band Radar (SBX) -- on a modified floating oil platform. The proposed FY2010 defense budget requests a total of $1,859.5 million for ... |
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| Space Acquisitions: DOD Faces Substantial Challenges in Developing New Space Systems |
20-May-2009 |
21 pages |
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Cristina T Chaplain; GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE WASHINGTON DC
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| Despite a growing investment in space, the majority of large-scale acquisition programs in the Department of Defense's (DOD) space portfolio have experienced problems during the past two decades that have driven up cost and schedules and increased technical risks. The cost resulting from acquisition problems along with the ambitious nature of space programs has resulted in cancellations of programs that were expected to require investments of tens of billions of ... |
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| Assistance to North Korea |
20-May-2009 |
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| Authors:
Mary B Nikitin; Mark E Manyin; LIBRARY OF CONGRESS WASHINGTON DC CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE
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| Since 1995, the United States has provided North Korea with over $1.2 billion in assistance, about 60% of which has paid for food aid and about 40% for energy assistance. U.S. aid fell significantly in the mid-2000s, bottoming out at zero in 2006. The Bush Administration resumed energy aid in the fall of 2007, after progress was made in the Six-Party Talks over North Koreas nuclear program. The Six-Party Talks ... |
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| Long-Range Ballistic Missile Defense in Europe |
05-May-2009 |
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| Authors:
Carl Ek; Steven A Hildreth; LIBRARY OF CONGRESS WASHINGTON DC CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE
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| Successive U.S. governments have urged the creation of an anti-missile system to protect against long-range ballistic missile threats from adversary states. The Bush Administration believed that North Korea and Iran represent strategic threats, and questioned whether they could be deterred by conventional means. The Bush Administration's position on this issue remained unchanged, even after the intelligence community assessed that the Iranian nuclear weapons program halted in 2003. The Bush Administration ... |
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| Defense Exports. Foreign Military Sales Program Needs Better Controls for Exported Items and Information for Oversight |
May-2009 |
40 pages |
| Authors:
Karen Sloan; Noah Bleicher; Ann Rivlin; Jean Lee; HEather Miller; Sarah Jones; Anne-Marie Lasowski; Ann Calvaresi-Barr; Art James; John Neumann; John Krump; Rebecca Rygg; GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE WASHINGTON DC
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| State, DOD, and DHS have made some changes in the program but have not corrected weaknesses we previously identified in the FMS program?s shipment verification process, and DOD's expanded monitoring lacks written guidance for selecting countries for compliance visits. First, State has not finalized its regulations to establish DOD's role in the FMS shipment verification process, and CBP port officials lack information needed to verify that FMS shipments are properly ... |
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| U.S. Strategic Nuclear Forces: Background, Developments, and Issues |
09-Apr-2009 |
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| Authors:
Amy F Woolf; LIBRARY OF CONGRESS WASHINGTON DC CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE
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| During the Cold War, the U.S. nuclear arsenal contained many types of delivery vehicles for nuclear weapons. The longer range systems, which included long-range missiles based on U.S. territory, long-range missiles based on submarines, and heavy bombers that could threaten Soviet targets from their bases in the United States, are known as strategic nuclear delivery vehicles. At the end of the Cold War, in 1991, the United States deployed more ... |
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| Arms Control and Nonproliferation: A Catalog of Treaties and Agreements |
10-Feb-2009 |
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| Authors:
Mary Beth Nikitin; Amy F Woolf; Paul K Kerr; LIBRARY OF CONGRESS WASHINGTON DC CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE
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| Arms control and nonproliferation efforts are two of the tools that have occasionally been used to implement U.S. national security strategy. Although some believe these tools do little to restrain the behavior of U.S. adversaries, while doing too much to restrain U.S. military forces and operations, many other analysts see them as an effective means to promote transparency, ease military planning, limit forces, and protect against uncertainty and surprise. Arms ... |
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| Options for Deploying Missile Defenses in Europe |
Feb-2009 |
84 pages |
| Authors:
CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE (U S CONGRESS) WASHINGTON DC
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| As part of ongoing efforts to protect the United States and its allies from attack by ballistic missiles, the U.S. Missile Defense Agency (MDA) is working to deploy a missile defense system in Europe. As proposed, the system would be fielded by 2013 and would include interceptor missiles in silos to be built in Poland, a tracking radar in the Czech Republic, and another radar at an unspecified location near ... |
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| A Question of Balance: Political Context and Military Aspects of the China-Taiwan Dispute |
Jan-2009 |
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| Authors:
Toy I Reid; David A Shlapak; David T Orletsky; Murray S Tanner; Barry Wilson; RAND CORP ARLINGTON VA NATIONAL SECURITY RESEARCH DIV
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| The military balance across (the Taiwan Strait is changing in ways that make more complex both the set of operational challenges associated with defending Taiwan against a possible Chinese attack and the strategic imperative of shaping Chinese behavior so that no such attack ever occurs. This report documents a follow-on effort to one published in 2000 (Shlapak, Orletsky, and Wilson, 2000), reassessing and expanding that earlier study's snapshot of the ... |
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| Nuclear Heuristics: Selected Writings of Albert and Roberta Wohlstetter |
Jan-2009 |
684 pages |
| Authors:
Henry Sokolski; Robert Zarate; NONPROLIFERATION POLICY EDUCATION CENTER WASHINGTON DC
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| This publication is an edited volume of Albert and Roberta Wohlstetters' key writings relating to nuclear proliferation and national security affairs, with commentaries by the Wohlstetters' colleagues and students. It also serves as a testament to the continuing relevance of the work of Albert and Roberta Wohlstetter in the fields of nuclear and security policy analysis. Albert and Roberta wrote hundreds of articles and studies on U.S. policy on the ... |
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| Long-Range Ballistic Missile Defense in Europe |
08-Dec-2008 |
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| Authors:
Carl Ek; Steven A Hildreth; LIBRARY OF CONGRESS WASHINGTON DC CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE
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| Successive administrations have urged the creation of an anti-missile system to protect against long-range ballistic missile threats from rogue states. The Bush Administration believes that North Korea and Iran are strategic threats, and questions whether they can be deterred by conventional means. The Administration's position on this issue remains unchanged after a recent reassessment that the Iranian nuclear weapons program- was halted in 2003. The Administration has built long-range missile ... |
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| A Business Case Analysis of the Hard Target Void Sensing Fuze (HTVSF) Joint Capability Technology Demonstration (JCTD) |
Dec-2008 |
75 pages |
| Authors:
Chor C Seng; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA
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| The Hard Target Void Sensing Fuze (HTVSF) is a Joint Capability Technology Demonstration (JCTD) initiative that is being managed by the United States Strategic Command (STRATCOM). The JCTD Program seeks to accelerate the development and operational evaluation of mature and maturing technologies and rapidly transit new capability to address military problems. HTVSF is a programmable smart fuze that shall comprise several modes, capable of counting the number of 'voids' or ... |
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| Diversified Submarine Weapon Suite: A Systems Engineering Approach |
Dec-2008 |
107 pages |
| Authors:
Steven A Dawley; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA
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| This thesis presents the conceptual design of a submarine weapon system using systems engineering methods and analysis. To ensure mission success and submarine survivability a weapons system is required that is capable of engaging targets across the range of threats. The development of this system is demonstrated by deriving system requirements from high-level stakeholders, developing alternative designs that meet these requirements, and selecting the alternative that delivers the greatest performance. ... |
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| NATO and U.S. Ballistic Missile Defense Programs: Divergent or Convergent Paths? |
Dec-2008 |
91 pages |
| Authors:
Kevin E Toms; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA
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| NATO and the United States are actively pursuing missile defense policies. NATO has invested in the Active Layered Theatre Ballistic Missile Defence (ALTBMD) information network to support the Theater Missile Defense (TMD) capabilities of specific Allies for the protection of forward deployed troops, and studies of the feasibility and political-military implications of Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) for the protection of NATO territory, forces and population centers. The U.S. program includes ... |
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| Efficient Employment of Adaptive Sensor |
Dec-2008 |
39 pages |
| Authors:
Lee K Kiang; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA
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| We consider a sensor that is subject to false-positive and false-negative errors. The sensor searches for stationary threat objects such as ballistic missile launchers or improvised explosive devices. The objects are located in a certain area of interest, which is divided into area-cells. The area-cells are defined such that each one of them may contain, at most, one threat object. The task of the sensor is to determine if an ... |
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| A Framework for Integrated Tracking and Discrimination |
Dec-2008 |
5 pages |
| Authors:
Andrew David; David Fiske; DECISIVE ANALYTICS CORP ARLINGTON VA
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| The Decisive Analytics Corporation (DAC) team describes a framework to fully integrate the tracking and discrimination processes in the Ballistic Missile Defense System (BMDS).The contributions developed under this work center on fully integrating the tracking and discrimination processes in the Ballistic Missile Defense System (BMDS). The current architecture of the BMDS artificially separates the tracking and discrimination algorithms. Each model exists independently with no ability to influence the operation of ... |
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| The Gulf Security Dialogue and Related Arms Sale Proposals |
08-Oct-2008 |
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| Authors:
Richard F Grimmett; Christopher M Blanchard; LIBRARY OF CONGRESS WASHINGTON DC CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE
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| In May 2006, the Administration launched an effort to revive U.S.-Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) security cooperation under the auspices of a new Gulf Security Dialogue (GSD). The Dialogue now serves as the principal security coordination mechanism between the United States and the six countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, and Oman. The core objectives of the Dialogue are the promotion ... |
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| Joint Force Quarterly. Issue 51, 4th Quarter, October 2008 |
Oct-2008 |
169 pages |
| Authors:
NATIONAL DEFENSE UNIV WASHINGTON DC
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| Joint Force Quarterly is published by the National Defense University Press for the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. JFQ is the Chairman's flagship joint military and security studies journal designed to inform members of the U.S. Armed Forces, allies, and other partners on joint and integrated operations; national security policy and strategy; efforts to combat terrorism, homeland security and developments in training and joint professional military education to ... |
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| Defense Acquisitions: Sound Business Case Needed to Implement Missile Defense Agency's Targets Program |
01-Sep-2008 |
53 pages |
| Authors:
GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE WASHINGTON DC
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| The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) is likely to spend $460 million annually on missiles used as targets for flight tests. Executing these tests depends on the quality and availability of targets. Congress asked GAO to assess (1) if MDA is providing reliable targets; (2) the causes of any deficiencies; and (3) if resolutions exist for any problems identified. To do this, GAO analyzed acquisition policies and procedures; flight test data; ... |
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| Missile Defense: Actions Needed to Improve Planning and Cost Estimates for Long-Term Support of Ballistic Missile Defense |
01-Sep-2008 |
53 pages |
| Authors:
GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE WASHINGTON DC
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| The Department of Defense (DOD) has spent a total of over $115 billion since the mid-1980s to develop a Ballistic Missile Defense System (BMDS) comprised of land, air, and sea-based elements such as missiles and radars working together as an integrated system. Since the cost to operate and support a weapon system usually accounts for most of a system's lifetime costs, the resources needed to fund BMDS could be significant ... |
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| Space Acquisitions: DOD's Goals for Resolving Space Based Infrared System Software Problems are Ambitious |
01-Sep-2008 |
31 pages |
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GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE WASHINGTON DC
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| DOD has assessed various alternatives for mitigating SBIRS flight software problems and developed a way forward to implement the program's software redesign and oversee its development. In April 2008, DOD approved the overall software redesign effort which was to address problems with the original design that affected the timing of stored programs, distribution of control between processors, and failure at the hardware interface level. Review teams comprised of personnel from ... |
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| Surface Combatant Readiness to Confront a Sea Control Navy |
01-Sep-2008 |
59 pages |
| Authors:
Nicholas E Wissel; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA
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| This thesis proposes to correct the shortfalls in the US Surface Combatants ability to counter a Sea-Control Navy. The concept counters this threat using unmanned aerial systems, decoys, and a layered defense. We analyze the performance with a Filtering Model of Salvo Warfare that is an extension of the Hughes Salvo Equations. The model incorporates the diluting effect of decoys upon enemy salvos and accounts for the historical reality of ... |
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| Prototype Development of Low-Cost, Augmented Reality Trainer for Crew Service Weapons |
01-Sep-2008 |
83 pages |
| Authors:
Nathan Conger; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA
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| A significant emerging threat to coalition forces in littoral regions is from small craft such as jet skis, fast patrol boats, and speedboats. These craft, when armed, are categorized as Fast Inshore Attack Craft (FIAC), and their arsenal can contain an array of weapons to include suicide bombs, crew-served weapons, anti-tank or ship missiles, and torpedoes. While these craft often have crude weapon technologies, they use an asymmetric tactic of ... |
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| Missile Defense Certification: Examination of the U.S. Navy Aegis Warship and U.S. Army Patriot Crew Certification Process |
01-Sep-2008 |
112 pages |
| Authors:
Robert C Biggs; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA
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| The process employed by Naval Surface Forces to capture information during warfare certification is enabled by a computer-based feedback mechanism. The Surface Force Type Commander employs two information management system models in the form of Training and Operational Readiness Information Service (TORIS) and Training Figure of Merit (TFOM) to report progress, capture data, compare trends, and achieve training and certification process efficiency. These systems have advantages that can be recognized ... |
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| U.S. Assistance to North Korea |
31-Jul-2008 |
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| Authors:
Mary B Nikitin; Mark E Manyin; LIBRARY OF CONGRESS WASHINGTON DC CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE
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| This report summarizes U.S. assistance to the Democratic People's Republic of North Korea (DPRK), also known as North Korea. It will be updated periodically to track changes in U.S. provision of aid to North Korea. Since 1995, the United States has provided North Korea with over $1 billion in assistance, about 60% of which has paid for food aid and 40% or so paying for energy assistance. As shown in ... |
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| Extending NASA's Exemption from the Iran, North Korea, and Syria Nonproliferation Act |
30-Jul-2008 |
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| Authors:
Carl Behrens; Mary B Nikitin; LIBRARY OF CONGRESS WASHINGTON DC CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE
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| The Iran Nonproliferation Act of 2000 (INA) was enacted to help stop foreign transfers to Iran of weapons of mass destruction, missile technology, and advanced conventional weapons technology, particularly from Russia. Section 6 of the INA banned U.S. payments to Russia in connection with the International Space Station (ISS) unless the U.S. President determined that Russia was taking steps to prevent such proliferation. When the President in 2004 announced that ... |
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| Russian Political, Economic, and Security Issues and U.S. Interests |
28-Jul-2008 |
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| Authors:
Stuart D Goldman; LIBRARY OF CONGRESS WASHINGTON DC CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE
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| Dmitry Medvedev, Putin's chosen successor and long-time protege, was elected President of the Russian Federation on March 2, 2008 with about 70% of the vote. Medvedev, formerly First Deputy Prime Minister, announced during the campaign that if elected, he would propose Putin as Prime Minister. Medvedev was inaugurated as President on May 7; Putin was confirmed as Prime Minister the next day. The Kremlin s Unified Russia party had previously ... |
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| Evaluation of Impact Mitigation and Health Monitoring Tradeoffs in Composite Missile Casing Design Using Iterative Inversion Loads and Damage Identification Methods |
26-Jul-2008 |
14 pages |
| Authors:
Douglas E Adams; Jonathan White; Nick Stites; Nathan Yoder; Carlos Escobar; PURDUE UNIV LAFAYETTE IN
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| Sensing, modeling, and data analysis techniques for health monitoring of composite missile casings (carbon filament wound and S2 glass filament wound) have been developed. Here, the term health monitoring is used to refer to both loads identification and damage identification for the purpose of assessing the material state and structural performance of a missile casing pressure vessel. Impact loads were located and quantified using a single sensor without a detailed ... |
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| Korea-U.S. Relations: Issues for Congress |
25-Jul-2008 |
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| Authors:
Larry A Niksch; LIBRARY OF CONGRESS WASHINGTON DC CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE
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| The United States has had a military alliance with South Korea and important interests in the Korean peninsula since the Korean War of 1950-53. Many U.S. interests relate to communist North Korea. Since the early 1990s, the issue of North Korea s development of nuclear weapons has been the dominant U.S. policy concern. Experts in and out of the U.S. government believe that North Korea has produced at least six ... |
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| Sea-Based Ballistic Missile Defense - Background and Issues for Congress |
01-Jul-2008 |
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| Authors:
Ronald O'Rourke; LIBRARY OF CONGRESS WASHINGTON DC CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE
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| As part of its effort to develop a global ballistic missile defense (BMD) system, the Department of Defense (DOD) is modifying 18 Navy cruisers and destroyers for BMD operations, and has deployed a large BMD radar the Sea-Based X-Band Radar (SBX) on a modified floating oil platform. The eventual role of sea-based systems in the worldwide U.S. BMD architecture has not been determined. The overall issue for Congress discussed in ... |
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| Environmental Assessment for Airborne Laser Debris Management Vandenberg AFB, California |
Jul-2008 |
158 pages |
| Authors:
MISSILE DEFENSE AGENCY WASHINGTON DC
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| The attached Environmental Assessment (EA) was prepared by the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) to evaluate the potential environmental impacts of implementing debris management activities associated with Airborne Laser (ABL) tests and is incorporated by reference. These tests include launching Liquid Fueled Target System (LFTS) target missiles from Vandenberg Air Force Base (AFB) and destroying the target missiles by the ABL over the Western Range. The EA was prepared pursuant to ... |
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| Extending NASA's Exemption from the Iran, North Korea, and Syria Nonproliferation Act |
08 MAY 2008 |
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| Authors:
Carl Behrens; Mary B. Nikitin; LIBRARY OF CONGRESS WASHINGTON DC CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE
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| The Iran Nonproliferation Act of 2000 (INA) was enacted to help stop foreign transfers to Iran of weapons of mass destruction, missile technology, and advanced conventional weapons technology, particularly from Russia. Section 6 of the INA banned U.S. payments to Russia in connection with the International Space Station (ISS) unless the U.S. President determined that Russia was taking steps to prevent such proliferation. When the President in 2004 announced that ... |
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| Low Cost Zinc Sulfide Missile Dome Manufacturing |
21 APR 2008 |
6 pages |
| Authors:
Anthony Haynes; MISSILE RESEARCH DEVELOPMENT AND ENGINEERING CENTER REDSTONE ARSENAL AL MISSILE GUIDANCE DIRECTORATE
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| In conclusion, the new Army ManTech Program "Low Cost Zinc Sulfide Missile Dome Manufacturing" is currently addressing advanced manufacturing methods for lower unit production cost of multispectral zinc sulfide domes. While Dome Program personnel are still working out some of the details of the program, the objectives and planned improvements have been provided along with a program schedule and potential transitions to current DoD programs. The recent emphasis on development ... |
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