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Format: 1 online resource (283 p.)

ISBN: 1-282-45105-7 , 9786612451058 , 0-8330-4862-7

Content: Lieutenant General Glenn A. Kent was a uniquely acute analyst and developer of American defense policy in the second half of the twentieth century. His 33-year career in the Air Force was followed by more than 20 years as one of the leading analysts at RAND. This volume is not a memoir in the normal sense but rather a summary of the dozens of national security issues in which Glenn was personally engaged over the course of his career. These issues included creating the single integrated operational plan (SIOP),leading DoD's official assessment of strategic defenses in the 1960s,developing and analyz

Note: Description based upon print version of record. , Cover; Preface; Contents; Figures; Tables; Boxes; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Foreword - Creating Strategic Analysis: Thomas C. Schelling; Foreword - Putting Analysis to Work: Harold Brown; Introduction: David Ochmanek, Bruce Pirnie, and Michael Spirtas; Chapter One - The Single Integrated Operational Plan; Chapter Two - Nuclear Weapons: Strategy and Arms Control; Chapter Three - Analysis, Force Planning, and the Paradigm forModernizing; Chapter Four - Modernizing Nuclear Forces; Chapter Five - Modernizing Conventional Forces; Chapter Six - Analytical Tools , Chapter Seven - Summing Up: Kent's MaximsChronology; Awards; Bibliography , English

Additional Edition: ISBN 0-8330-4452-4

Language: English

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Format: XXIV, 257 S. , graph. Darst.

ISBN: 9780833044525

Series Statement: Rand Corporation monograph series

Note: Includes bibliographical references

Language: English

Keywords: USA Air Force ; Generalleutnant ; Strategie ; Militärpolitik ; Geschichte 1950-1973 ; Autobiografie

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Format: XIV, 41 S , graph. Darst

ISBN: 0833034278

Series Statement: MR / Rand Corporation 1706

Language: English

Keywords: USA Air Force ; Reorganisation

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Format: 1 online resource (xx, 69 p. ) , ill. ;

ISBN: 0-585-34740-9

Content: The process of modernizing U.S. military forces is the focus of this report. This process requires reinvigorating concept development efforts, thinking broadly about alternatives, and pursuing concept development before decisions are made about which services, which platforms, or which technologies are best suited for accomplishing current or new military tasks. In February and March 1996, RAND convened a concept options group (COG), which included broadly knowledgeable technologists drawn from a variety of scientific and engineering backgrounds, experienced military operators, and senior analysts and planners. By focusing on two specific military tasks, the COG considered options for using technologies that could enable U.S. forces to perform an existing military mission better, perform it differently, or gain a new capability. This report presents highlights from the COG discussions as well as some suggestions for convening future COGs.

Note: "Prepared for the Office of the Secretary of Defense." , Figures and Table -- , Acronyms -- , The Force Modernization Problem -- , The Need for New Concepts -- , A Process for Modernizing Forces -- , How the Process Should Work -- , Strategic Planners Establish Demands for Military Capabilities -- , Creative Conceivers Formulate Options -- , Top-Level Decisionmakers Choose Among Available Options -- , Force Providers Implement Decisions -- , Current Approaches to Force Modernization Are Less Than Ideal -- , Thinking About Military Missions -- , Military Missions -- , Choosing Topics for a RAND Concept-Development Initiative -- , The Concept Options Group: A New Forum for Concept Development -- , The RAND COG Exercise -- , Organizing COG Discussions -- , What, Precisely, Will U.S. Forces Have to Do to Accomplish the Military Task Being Discussed? -- , What Are the Characteristic Signatures of Relevant Targets? -- , What Technologies Could Be Used to Exploit Signatures, Vulnerabilities, or Necessary Activities by Hostile Forces? -- , How Could the Technologies Identified in Discussions of the Last Question Be Exploited Operationally? -- , How Can We Shape the Environment to Make U.S. Technological and Operational Options More Effective? -- , Process -- , Some Promising Concepts -- , UAV Operations to Maintain Persistent Surveillance -- , A large, High-Flying UAV -- , A Small, Low-Flying UAV -- , Operational Concepts -- , Shaping the Environment -- , Ground-Based, Multimode Sensor Arrays -- , Sensor Packages -- , Deploying Sensors -- , Operational Concepts -- , Shaping the Environment -- , The Current State of Technology. , English

Additional Edition: ISBN 0-8330-2586-4

Language: English