Strategic Issues and Options for the Quadrennial Defense ReviewThis paper develops and examines a wide range of strategic options for the defense program and posture. |
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Achilles activities air defenses Air Force alliances and coalitions allies Army Arsenal ship Asia assessment Base baseline brigades Capability for Contingencies carrier battle groups casualties CCBGs Circa column Comanche contingency capabilities Cross-Cutting Issues current force CVBGs D-Day Defense Planning emphasize end strength engagement enhanced-capability environment shaping environment-shaping and strategic evaluated force structure forces and doctrine Four Strategic Options framework ground forces hedge heels problems important improvements involve Korea Late Shaping Tech Lesser Regional Conflicts long-range precision lower budget levels LRCS and MOOTW maintain margin missile defense modernization MOOTW and LRCS MRCs munitions NATO naval presence Navy North Korea operational adaptiveness OPTEMPO overseas presence portfolio posture precision strike priority procurement Quadrennial Defense Review RAND reduced budget levels reengineering scenarios SEAD slide smaller squadrons Strait of Hormuz strategic adaptiveness Tactical threat three-criteria standard two-MRC capability two-MRC criterion U.S. forces UAVs units and doctrine weapons Zalmay Khalilzad