Defense Threat Reduction Advisory Committee (TRAC) Report on Scenario-Based Planning to Maintain the Credibility of the U.S. Nuclear Deterrent Against Emerging Threats

Abstract

This is a report of the Threat Reduction Advisory Committee, a Federal Advisory Committee established to provide the Department of Defense and the Secretary of Defense, through the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment, independent advice and recommendations on: a. Reducing the threat to the United States, its military forces, and its allies and partners posed by nuclear, biological, chemical, conventional, and special weapons; b. Combating weapons of mass destruction to include non non-proliferation, counter-proliferation, and consequence management; c. Nuclear deterrence transformation, nuclear material lock-down, and accountability; d. Nuclear weapons effects; e. The nexus of counter proliferation and counter weapons of mass destruction terrorism, and f. Other Acquisition and Sustainment Office and Defense Threat Reduction Agency mission mission-related matters, as requested by the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 30, 2020
Accession Number
AD1104370

Entities

People

  • Ronald F. Lehman
  • William A. Chambers

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • C4I
  • Counter WMD
  • Cyber
  • Ground and Sea Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Behavioral Sciences
  • Department Of Defense
  • Deterrence
  • Emerging Threats
  • Machine Learning
  • National Security
  • Nuclear Weapons
  • Simulations
  • Task Forces
  • United States
  • United States Government
  • War Games
  • Weapons
  • Weapons Effects
  • Weapons Of Mass Destruction

Readers

  • Defense Acquisition Program Management
  • Defense Technology Research and Development.
  • Strategic Security Studies