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United States-China Military Relations, 1979-1985: Analysis and Chronology United States. Defense Intelligence Agency.[Classification Unknown], Working Paper. c. January 2, 1986: 15 pp.
Topics: Arms transfers, China-Pakistan relations, China-Soviet Union relations, China-United States...
NDIA's Munitions Technology Division works to maintain the open exchange of technical information among government and industry programs and technical managers, and to identify changes and trends in policy, guidance and organizational functions that affect the development, production, maintenance and demilitarization of munitions.
Topics: DTIC Archive, NATIONAL DEFENSE INDUSTRIAL ASSOCIATION ARLINGTON United States, munitions, combat...
The distinguished cognitive scientist and design consultant Donald Norman writes that managing complexity is a partnership: Designers have to produce things that tame complexity, and users have to take the time to learn the skills associated with their use. This report describes the consequences of failure to manage complexity during the introduction of new mission-command equipment suites to tactical US Army units. The challenge facing developers and users of such systems is to address Normans...
Topics: DTIC Archive, Hawley, John K, US Army Research Laboratory Aberdeen Proving Ground United States,...
The following is the DoD Office of Inspector Generals (OIG) statement on the top management and performance challenges facing the DoD. The challenges outlined in this statement were identified based on a variety of factors, including DoD OIG oversight work, research, and judgment; oversight work done by other DoD components; oversight projects conducted by the GAO; and input from DoD officials. While we also reviewed DoD statements, documents, and assessments of these and other critical issues,...
Topics: DTIC Archive, Department Of Defense / Inspector General Office Alexandria United States, department...
The recent pivot to Asia highlights a key capability of our Joint Force that has atrophied significantly; power projection via ship to shore operations. The increased proliferation and improvement of anti-access/area denial (A2/AD) weapons challenges the foundational premise of US global power projection. The geography and infrastructure of the world dictates that ship to shore operations will be a critical component in non-permissive environment entry. Forced entry into a theater of operation...
Topics: DTIC Archive, Hertlein,Ross M, JOINT MILITARY OPERATIONS DEPARTMENT NAVAL WAR COLLEGE NEWPORT...
Japanese military normalization is a complex process--it is not too far from the truth to say it might represent a transformation of the nation--and for any such complex process, there are multiple impetuses. This thesis is organized around a categorical step-by-step analysis of the key driving factors of Japans military normalization. The areas of prime ministerial leadership, regional security threats, alliance issues, and military-industrial complex were chosen because of the encompassing...
Topics: DTIC Archive, Prosser,David L, NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA MONTEREY United States, japan,...
This thesis examines the role that NATO and the United States play in the security policies of Finland, Norway, and Sweden, and Russias views on the activities of the Alliance and the United States along its northern flank. An analysis of the foreign and security policies of Finland, Norway, and Sweden indicates that these three countries view Russian activities in the region as a security threat. The thesis finds that NATO and the United States play a large role in the security calculations of...
Topics: DTIC Archive, Hayden,Rory J, Naval Postgraduate School Monterey United States, nato, Russia,...
Over the past decade, the Peoples Republic of China has increasingly used its economic might as a means of influence to pursue grand strategic objectives that some scholars believe are aimed at countering U.S. presence and influence in the Asia-Pacific region. This thesis examines two aspects of Chinese economic strategy, foreign direct investment and development aid, in the context of the Philippines, which represents the primary U.S. foothold in the region. Using geospatial, link, and social...
Topics: DTIC Archive, Fleck,Tanner N, Naval Postgraduate School Monterey United States, Philippines, china,...
Ukraine is currently experiencing a conflict in two separate regions within its boundaries that challenges traditional conceptions of war, intervention, international law, and peacekeeping. The involvement of foreign military forces, unaffiliated foreign fighters, domestic rebels, irregular military units, and civilians in the conflict it a case study in hybrid warfare. This report seeks to understand the current state of hybrid warfare in Ukraine with a particular emphasis on the use of...
Topics: DTIC Archive, Brantly,Aaron F, Army Cyber Institute West Point United States, military forces...
Since Myanmar's independence in 1948, the military, Tatmadaw, maintained the dominant power in the country. Throughout their short history, the Tatmadaw garnered a reputation of human rights violations while battling the country's many ethnic groups in armed struggles. In 2008, Myanmar adopted a new semi-democratic constitution that led to a demonstration of many reforms throughout the country many of which have been prompted by the military leadership. The U.S military should take advantage of...
Topics: DTIC Archive, Nicholson,Demetrios J, Joint Military Operations Department Newport United States,...
Over the last two and a half decades, the Peoples Republic of China (PRC) has invested heavily in the modernization of its military forces. These effortshave yielded dramatic improvements in the personnel, organizational structure, equipment, training, doctrine, and overall proficiency of the Peoples Liberation Army (PLA). Chinas air, space, and missile forces in particularcollectively referred to here as the PLAs aerospace forceshave transformed rapidly from a comparatively low base of...
Topics: DTIC Archive, China Aerospace Studies Institute Maxwell AFB United States, china, military forces...
China and North Korea greatly increased their threat postures toward U.S. allies and interests in the Pacific in 2016 and both continue to do so today. The new administration must make the U.S. Nuclear Posture Review a top priority in 2017. Specifically, President Trump and his administration must consider both the U.S. nuclear deterrence posture worldwide as well as extended deterrence to U.S. Pacific allies under the nuclear umbrella. This paper examines the growing threat in the Pacific from...
Topics: DTIC Archive, Cooper, Philip J, Air War College, Air University Maxwell AFB United States, north...
During a decade of war, the Army purchased vast amounts of equipment. As the conflicts end and the overall Army budgets are significantly reduced (34 percent since 2008), maintaining the entire equipment portfolio reduces the funding available to meet Army equipping and modernization goals. The Army will need to make decisions about the best way to invest the available funding in the next couple of years and across the current Program Objective Memorandum (POM) years, fiscal year (FY)...
Topics: DTIC Archive, Leonard,William M, Defense Acquisition University Aberdeen Proving Ground United...
The National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) of 2015, cites the modular open systems approach (MOSA) as both a business and technical strategy to reduce the cost of system development and sustainment. The Better Buying Power 3.0 directive sets the expectation that MOSA adoption will result in increased innovation and competition, leading to lower cost. With a few exceptions, policy directs developers to consider open source software first when building new capability. Even with the abundance...
Topics: DTIC Archive, Minor,Phillip, Defense Acquisition University Aberdeen Proving Ground United States,...
Looking at past offsets - gaining an advantage over an adversary - might provide insight to the institutional Army on how to develop and implement a Third Offset. Although an examination of history may not point to the answer for the Third Offset, it may bring to light the factors that made past offsets successful and offer a model that leaders can use as they wade through the options. Coming out of the Vietnam War, the Chief of Staff of the Army and the U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command...
Topics: DTIC Archive, DeBiase,Brian, Defense Acquisition University Aberdeen Proving Ground United States,...
The Army is in the process of fielding a new vehicle called the Dragoon, armed with a 30mm turret on top of the Stryker to provide additional lethality to the Stryker formation. The fielding of the new Stryker is in response to an Operational Needs Statement submitted by the 2d Cavalry Regiment in Germany as a reaction to Russian aggression in the region. The upgrade of the 30mm is also the initial step for the formation's modernization as a part of the Mobile Protected Firepower Concept and...
Topics: DTIC Archive, Gray,Walter II C, US Army School for Advanced Military Studies Fort Leavenworth...
The Philippine Navy (PN) has been trying to implement a Strategic Sail Plan 2020. The Strategic Sail Plan 2020 vision states that the PN will be a strong and credible Navy that the Philippines nation can be proud of by 2020. Its task is daunting. The PN is burdened with obsolescent equipment without a budget for replacements or modernization. The aspects that the PN has more control over: training, education, organization, doctrine, personnel, and good governance are emphasized in its Strategic...
Topics: DTIC Archive, Luna,Thomas D, US Army Command and General Staff College Fort Leavenworth United...
For more than 60 years, the USAF relied on fighter aircraft capable of performing conventional and nuclear strike missions in Asia and Europe as part of the US extended nuclear deterrence strategy. Known as dual capable aircraft (DCA), these aircraft were the first line of defense against a numerically superior enemy. However, the collapse of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) in 1991 radically changed the regional and global security contexts these aircraft (and their weapons) were...
Topics: DTIC Archive, Carver,Richard P, AIR WAR COLL MAXWELL AFB AL MAXWELL AFB United States, deterrence,...
There are global strategic hotspots around the world the US is concerned about in which conflict at those locations could disrupt world stability. One location is the South China Sea. With the rise of China and the contested waters by neighboring nations the potential for conflict has increased over the years. The US should be concerned but also should look at this as an opportunity. The overall intent of the paper is to advocate the US reestablishment of permanent military bases in the...
Topics: DTIC Archive, WOODLEY,DAVID B, AIR WAR COLLEGE, AIR UNIVERSITY MAXWELL AFB United States, military...
The Bulgarian Air Force is the main type of armed forces for participation in joint and independent operations, both nationally and multinationally. They ensure air sovereignty of the Republic of Bulgaria by monitoring, securing and defending its airspace; they perform tasks on protection of critical infrastructure and strategic sites throughout the country. But the change of political system in the Republic of Bulgaria placed the Air Force in a position to undergo a serious test. The problems...
Topics: DTIC Archive, RUSEV,NIKOLAY R, AIR WAR COLLEGE MONTGOMERY United States, air force, Bulgaria,...
This paper presents three unique but similar capabilities for comparison: Mobile Field Surgical Team and Expeditionary Critical Care Team (MFST/ECCT), Special Operations Surgical Team (SOST), and Tactical Critical Care Evacuation Team and Tactical Critical Care Evacuation Team-Enhanced (TCCET/TCCET-E). In an effort to understand the similarities and differences between these three capabilities, the current en-route system will first be defined, and then each capability will be further analyzed...
Topics: DTIC Archive, Daugherty,Ramona S, ACC/SGX JB Langley-Eustis United States, united states special...
This study examines the feasibly of investing two decades worth of effort to build the most advanced fighter ever employed and questions whether additional funds should be spent on incremental platform upgrades to legacy aircraft.
Topics: DTIC Archive, TRENT, DARYL E, NDU/JFSC Joint Advanced Warfighting School NORFOLK United States,...
Under the guidance of Chairman Kim Jong Il, North Koreas nation-wide economic, political, and social campaigns typically begin and end abruptly, according to the leaders whims. North Koreas information technology campaign gained prominence early in 2001 with these instructions in the New Years Address: A central task for building up the economy this year is to steadily forge ahead with the work to reconstruct the overall peoples economy with modern technology while revamping the existing...
Topics: DTIC Archive, Oh,Kongdan, Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies Honolulu United States,...
With the revolution in information technology, we experience profound changes in the nature of our world. Indeed, we live in an information age. The information technology revolution fundamentally changed our lifestyle. For example, our homes operate automatically when no one is at home. The IT revolution made it possible to communicate with someone located on the opposite side of the globe on a real-time visualization basis. Because of the IT revolution, we also enjoy simultaneous...
Topics: DTIC Archive, Hong,Sung-pyo, Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies Honolulu United States,...
The evolution of carrier aviation has changed naval warfare and joint warfare in profound ways. This evolution has been heavily influenced by the wars the United States has faced since World War II, resulting in a strategic decision to prioritize sortie generation rate and payload over range. In the current environment, with the challenge of Anti-Access/Area Denial (A2/AD) networks designed specifically to counter the carrier, this decision has the potential to dramatically limit the...
Topics: DTIC Archive, Smith,Benjamin M, Air Command and Staff College, Air University Maxwell Air Force...
This paper examines open source material to evaluate the claim that Russia poses an existential threat to NATO. The methodology focuses on Russian capability, capacity, and intention to threaten NATO members existence. While Russia does possess nuclear weapons, it does not desire nuclear war. Furthermore, the Russian military is comparatively inferior to NATO numerically, technologically, and economically; and faces an uncertain demographic crisis that will limit its capacity to threaten NATO...
Topics: DTIC Archive, Powell,Nathan J, Air Command and Staff College, Air University Maxwell Air Force Base...
The purpose of this paper is to analyze the rapid acquisition programs that have emerged to equip Warfighters in Iraq and Afghanistan with urgently needed capabilities to determine if these approaches can be institutionalized into the Defense acquisition system. The current acquisition system is not capable of effectively responding to the changing threats and rapid technological advancement in the modern security environment. This paper considers how the DOD acquisition system can be...
Topics: DTIC Archive, VanDenTop,Karl L, Air University, Air Command And Staff College Maxwell Air Force...
As China continues its comprehensive military modernization program, the 2015 Annual Report to Congress on Military and Security Developments Involving the PRC, published by the Office of the Secretary of Defense, has expressed concerns that Chinas military modernization has the potential to reduce core U.S. military technological advantages. In order to put this concern into a broader context, this thesis asks: how does Chinas navy compare to navies of existing powers? With Chinas naval...
Topics: DTIC Archive, Guiremand,Erik M, Naval Postgraduate School Monterey United States, navies (foreign),...
Technology Transition Programs (TTPs) are an important tool for facilitating technology transfer from science and technology (S and T) development to operational adoption in the Department of Defense (DoD). TTPs for weapons systems and platforms have formal processes to smooth and speed the path to operational adoption. By contrast, for technologies targeted at installations, there are some special challenges in formalizing the transition process. This article outlines some of the TTPs...
Topics: DTIC Archive, Regnier,Eva, Naval Postgraduate School Monterey United States, personnel management,...
The Defense Science Board (DSB) provides the Secretary of Defense, the Deputy Secretary of Defense, the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics (USD(AT and L)),the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and other senior officials including the Secretaries of the Military Departments and the Commanders of the Combatant Commands with independent advice and recommendations on critical national security issues involving science and technology. The DSB addresses the...
Topics: DTIC Archive, Defense Science Board Washington United States, department of defense, military...
Over the last twenty (20) years, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) has repeatedly found that the Department of Defenses (DOD) business systems have little continuity and that many systems perform similar tasking sand were classified as high risk. Despite this designation being made over twenty (20) years ago, the DOD has made little progress implementing the GAOs recommendations. The intent of this joint applied project (JAP) is not to merely discuss prior recommendations and findings...
Topics: DTIC Archive, Coleman,Pamela J, Naval Postgraduate School Monterey United States, department of...
In the era of technology globalization, the DoD laboratories and engineering and warfare centers (the Labs) continue to fulfill vital missions on behalf of the warfighter. The Labs traditional missions are defined as high quality science, technology transition, and smart acquisition. While these missions remain important and relevant, the rapidly changing technology and threat landscapes dictate the Labs should also adapt their missions to continue serving the warfighter; this includes an...
Topics: DTIC Archive, Defense Science Board Washington United States, department of defense, test and...
Many nations maintain armies whose ultimate responsibility is to defeat other nations combat formations on the battlefield. In order to accomplish this, nations indigenously develop, maintain, and improve a variety of ground combat systems or purchase them from other nations. Ground combat system development and improvement is informed by existing and emerging technologies and budgetary factors as well as observations from current land conflicts. As this process is also intended to address...
Topics: DTIC Archive, Feickert,Andrew, Congressional Research Service Washington United States, army...
Chinas peaceful economic rise and recent military buildup raise serious strategic questions for US leaders. The Obama administrations Asia Pivot, or rebalancing, focuses the country's diplomatic, informational, military, and economic instruments of power on the Asia Pacific region. To successfully make this transition, US military leaders must first understand the presidents intentions in order to produce a supporting military strategy for the region. By carefully aligning strategies, the...
Topics: DTIC Archive, Mentch,Martin A, Air Command And Staff College Maxwell Air Force Base United States,...
Chinas ongoing modernization program is transforming the country's nuclear arsenal from one consisting of a few liquid-fueled, silo-based missiles carrying single warheads to a larger force of more advanced mobile solid-fueled missiles, some of which are capable of carrying multiple warheads. Perhaps most significant for its nuclear policies, China is also on the verge of fielding its first credible sea-based nuclear deterrent, having already completed four nuclear ballistic missile submarines...
Topics: DTIC Archive, Logan,David C, National Defense University Washington United States, china, military...
The People's Army of Vietnam transformed from a militia-based fighting force to a modern combined arms formation between the end of the First Indochina War (1954) to the end of the Second Indochina War (1975). They did this to internally unify Vietnam and with external support from other nations. There were many reasons that transformation was not in the best interest of Democratic Republic of Vietnam, including the absence of a diverse economy, a military tradition based on the militia, and...
Topics: DTIC Archive, Wonsetler, Noble B, US Army Command and General Staff College Fort Leavenworth United...
India's influence as a global power is increasing and this trend is likely to continue for the foreseeable future. For all of its great potential, India faces serious impediments to its military modernization and joint operations capabilities because of the way its military is structured. Evaluation of India's doctrine and recent operational experience assessed with respect to their adherence to the Indian principles of war illustrates India's limited capability to conduct joint operations....
Topics: DTIC Archive, Cartagena, Henry, ARMY COMMAND AND GENERAL STAFF COLLEGE FORT LEAVENWORTH KS FORT...
The United States Air Force is in the midst of an ambitious aviation modernization program, driven primarily by the age of its current aircraft fleets. Four major programs are in procurement, with five more in research and development (R and D).The need to replace several types of aircraft simultaneously poses challenges to future budgets, as the new programs compete with existing program commitments and normal program growth under a restricted service topline. The impending expiration of caps...
Topics: DTIC Archive, Gertler,Jeremiah, LIBRARY OF CONGRESS WASHINGTON DC WASHINGTON DC United States, Air...
The United States Air Force is in the midst of an ambitious aviation modernization program, driven primarily by the age of its current aircraft fleets. Four major programs are in procurement, with five more in research and development (R and D).The need to replace several types of aircraft simultaneously poses challenges to future budgets, as the new programs compete with existing program commitments and normal program growth under a restricted service topline. The impending expiration of caps...
Topics: DTIC Archive, Gertler,Jeremiah, Congressional Research Service/Library of Congress Washington,...
At the request of Senator Domenici, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) recently estimated future defense costs. The results of this analysis were presented to Senator Domenici in a briefing. This paper summarizes the results of the analysis and the assumptions underlying it. It also incorporates minor revisions of the figures used in the briefing. According to CBO's analysis, supporting and modernizing current numbers of U.S. military forces over the next five years could require average...
Topics: DTIC Archive, Congressional Budget Office Washington United States, MILITARY MODERNIZATION,...
This Congressional Budget Office (CBO) study, which was prepared for the Subcommittee on Tactical Air and Land Forces of the House Committee on Armed Services, examines the issue of how much bandwidth will be required to achieve the goal of digitization (the bandwidth demand) versus how much bandwidth will be provided by the Armys planned communications programs (the bandwidth supply). CBO finds that significant shortfalls currently exist for the Army in the supply of bandwidth. Moreover, under...
Topics: DTIC Archive, Rehmus,Paul, Congressional Budget Office Washington United States, MILITARY...
Army Sustainment is a bimonthly professional bulletin published by the Army Logistics University, Fort Lee, Virginia
Topics: DTIC Archive, Baker,Fred III W, Army Logistics University Fort Lee United States, logistics,...
This study provides a comparative analysis of the US Army's post-Vietnam transformation with an examination of the Army's recent transformation during the initial phases of Operation Iraqi Freedom. The research will identify those senior leaders whose constructive and positive civil-military relations enabled their service in managing transformation, which created agile and adaptive teams that were capable of adjusting to change. Additionally, effective transformation was built with sound...
Topics: DTIC Archive, Lombardo, Charles T, US Army Command and General Staff College Fort Leavenworth...
With estimated acquisition costs of nearly $400 billion, the F-35 Joint Strike Fighteralso known as the Lightning II is DOD's most costly acquisition program. Since 2001, GAO has reported extensively on the F-35 programs cost, schedule, and performance problems. The program plans to begin increasing production rates over the next few years. The National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015 contains a provision for GAO to annually review the F-35 acquisition program. Todays testimony...
Topics: DTIC Archive, Sullivan,Michael J, U.S. Government Accountability Office Washington United States,...
Defense acquisition has long been criticized for taking too long to field new systemsi.e., the cycle time. The current Better Buying Power initiatives have established shorter cycle time as an important objective. This project investigates how MDAP schedules are set and how they are managed, to provide timely capabilities to DOD forces. The research team reviewed documentation on schedule setting and conducted interviews with personnel in both the requirements and acquisition communities. Six...
Topics: DTIC Archive, Van Atta,Richard H, Institute for Defense Analyses Alexandria, military acquisition,...
Two of DODs reconstruction objectives in Afghanistan were to (1) train, equip, base, and sustain the Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF), comprised of the ANA and ANP, and (2) respond to urgent humanitarian relief and small-scale reconstruction projects to support local Afghan communities.4 The majority of all U.S. reconstruction fundingabout $72.4 billion, or more than 64 percent, of the $113.1 billion appropriated as of December 2015has been allocated to DOD to accomplish...
Topics: DTIC Archive, Sopko,John F, Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction Arlington,...
Responsive Munitions Support the U.S. Warfighter: Achieving Efficiencies in an Uncertain Budget Environment
Topics: DTIC Archive, National Defense Industrial Association (NDIA) Arlington United States, AMMUNITION,...
In the past few months, China has announced a series of major reforms to the organizational structure of the Peoples Liberation Army (PLA): the Central Military Commission (CMC) has been revamped, the four general departments dissolved, new service headquarters created, and five new theater commands established in place of the seven military regions (MRs). These changes are part of a sweeping transformation of PLA institutions, force structure, and policy that will be ongoing through 2020. In...
Topics: DTIC Archive, Saunders,Phillip C, NATIONAL DEFENSE UNIV FORT MCNAIR DC WASHINGTON DC United States,...
During the Cold War, the U.S. nuclear arsenal contained many types of delivery vehicles for nuclear weapons, including short-range missiles and artillery for use on the battlefield, medium-range missiles and aircraft that could strike targets beyond the theater of battle, short- and medium-range systems based on surface ships, long-range missiles based on U.S. territory and submarines, and heavy bombers that could threaten Soviet targets from their bases in the United States. The short- and...
Topics: DTIC Archive, Woolf,Amy F, Congressional Research Service Washington United States, nuclear...
Topics: DTIC Archive, National Defense Industrial Association Arlington United States, combat VEHICLES,...
