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Department of Defense Investment in Technology and Capability to Meet Emerging Threats

July 26, 2011 • By Jim Thomas

In my testimony today, I will describe some of major security challenges the United States is likely to face in the next two decades. I will then outline potential discontinuities in future warfare that should be considered when making future investment decisions. Building on those discontinuities, I will discuss their broad implications for U.S. defense planning. Finally, I will suggest capability areas that appear to be potential growth opportunities for investment given these discontinuities and their implications

Analysis of the FY2012 Defense Budget

July 15, 2011 • By Todd Harrison

For the first time in more than a decade, both the base budget and war budget are declining, but a smaller, less costly force does not necessarily equate to a less effective or less capable military

The Maturing Revolution in Military Affairs

June 2, 2011 • By Barry Watts

In 1992, the Office of Net Assessment (ONA), Office of the Secretary of Defense, began circulating an assessment of a prospective late-twentieth-century military-technical revolution (MTR). Soviet military theorists had been…

The Implications of China’s Military and Civil Space Programs

May 11, 2011 • By Barry Watts

Mr. Chairman and Members of the Commission, thank you for inviting me to testify at today’s hearing. I will confine my comments to the Commission’s questions on the overall context…

Joint Concept Development and Experimentation

March 31, 2011 • By Andrew F. Krepinevich

Thank you, Mr. Chairman, for the opportunity to appear before you today, and to share my views on this important issue. My testimony is intended to provide a context within…