Strategic appraisal : United States air and space power in the 21st century / / edited by Zalmay Khalilzad, Jeremy Shapiro

• Pubblicazione: Santa Monica, CA, : RAND, Project Air Force, c2002
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xxviii, 481 pages) : illustrations, maps
• Disciplina: 358.400973
• Soggetto topico: Air power - United States; Astronautics, Military - United States; World politics - 21st century
• Altri autori: KhalilzadZalmay ShapiroJeremy
• Note generali: "Prepared for the United States Air Force."
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: PREFACE; FIGURES; TABLES; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; ABBREVIATIONS; Chapter One INTRODUCTION: THE PRICE OF SUCCESS; WHAT HAS STAYED THE SAME; WHAT HAS CHANGED; EMERGING CHALLENGES; EMERGING OPPORTUNITIES; GETTING PAST SUCCESS; Part I THE GEOPOLITICAL CONTEXT FOR AEROSPACE POWER; Chapter Two FORCES FOR WHAT? GEOPOLITICAL CONTEXT AND AIR FORCE CAPABILITIES; THE GEOPOLITICAL CONTEXT; U.S. REQUIREMENTS FOR MILITARY FORCES; THE MATURATION OF U.S. AEROSPACE POWER: CAPABILITIES OF TODAY'S FORCES; CHALLENGES FOR THE USAF; CONCLUSION: CREATING OPTIONS; REFERENCES ; Chapter Three THE FUTURE OF U.S. COERCIVE AIRPOWERTHE AMERICAN WAY OF COERCION; ADVERSARY COUNTERCOERCIVE STRATEGIES: A TAXONOMY; THE FUTURE OF U.S. COERCIVE AIRPOWER; REFERENCES; Part II WHERE DOES THE USAF NEED TO GO?; Chapter Four MODERNIZING THE COMBAT FORCES: NEAR-TERM OPTIONS; MISSIONS; CONDITIONS AND CONSTRAINTS; ROLES OF AIR AND SPACE FORCES; MODERNIZATION-KEY CONSIDERATIONS; FORCE MIX ALTERNATIVES; APPROACH; FORCE MIX RECOMMENDATIONS; COST SENSITIVITIES; SSCs AND ONGOING DEPLOYMENTS; SUMMARY; REFERENCES; Chapter Five SPACE CHALLENGES; CURRENT SPACE ACTIVITIES; MOTIVATIONS FOR CHANGE ; FUTURE CHOICESWAYS AHEAD; REFERENCES; Chapter Six U.S. MILITARY OPPORTUNITIES: INFORMATION-WARFARE CONCEPTS OF OPERATION; INTRODUCTION; EMERGING ASYMMETRIC STRATEGIES; DEVELOPING OPERATIONAL CONCEPTS FOR FUTURE OFFENSIVE INFORMATION WARFARE; COMPARING THE FOUR CONOPS; REFERENCES; WHY A REEVALUATION OF U.S. NUCLEAR POLICY IS NEEDED, AND WHY PEOPLE SHOULD CARE; THE HISTORICAL CONTEXT: THE LEGACY, LESSONS, AND CONSTRAINTS; WHY NUKES?; AND WHY NOT; WHERE NUCLEAR WEAPONS MIGHT FIT; A SPECTRUM OF NUCLEAR OPTIONS; ISSUES AFFECTING U.S. CHOICES OF A FUTURE NUCLEAR STRATEGY ; SO, WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE?BIBLIOGRAPHY; Chapter Eight COUNTERING WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION AND BALLISTIC MISSILES; WMD CHARACTERISTICS AND SCENARIOS; RESPONDING TO THE WMD THREAT: POTENTIAL AIR FORCE INITIATIVES; POTENTIAL AIR FORCE TMD INITIATIVES; POTENTIAL AIR FORCE NMD INITIATIVES; SUMMARY; BIBLIOGRAPHY; Part III SUPPORTING FUTURE FORCES; Chapter Nine PROVIDING ADEQUATE ACCESS FOR EXPEDITIONARY AEROSPACE FORCES; OVERTURE1; ACCESS YESTERDAY, TODAY, AND TOMORROW; ACCESS OPTIONS: FROM "PURE" STRATEGIES TO A PORTFOLIO; BUILDING THE PORTFOLIO: EIGHT RECOMMENDATIONS; CONCLUDING REMARKS ; REFERENCESChapter Ten A VISION FOR AN EVOLVING AGILE COMBAT SUPPORT SYSTEM; ACS DECISIONS AND THEIR "TRADE SPACE"; AN ANALYTIC FRAMEWORK FOR STRATEGIC ACS PLANNING; KEY FINDINGS FROM ACS MODELING RESEARCH; OVERVIEW OF A GLOBAL ACS SYSTEM; STRATEGIC AND LONG-TERM PLANNING FOR THE ACS SYSTEM; REFERENCES; Chapter Eleven STRATEGIC SOURCING IN THE AIR FORCE; STRATEGIC SOURCING AND SUPPLY-CHAIN ALIGNMENT; WHY IS THE AIR FORCE INTERESTED IN OUTSOURCING?; POLICY ALTERNATIVES RELEVANT TO AN AIR FORCE STRATEGIC SOURCING PROGRAM ; PURSUING STRATEGIC SOURCING AND SUPPLY-CHAIN ALIGNMENT IN COMPETITIVE SOURCING
• Sommario/riassunto: This text examines air and space power in light of challenges and opportunities that are emerging from increased demands for these assets and in light of technological and social change.
• Altri titoli varianti: United States air and space power in the 21st century
• Titolo autorizzato: Strategic appraisal
• ISBN: 0-8330-3246-1
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910220107803321
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