Strategic Resources and National Security: An Initial Assessment

Abstract

Data on 74 nonenergy mineral resources are compiled in a standardized format to facilitate a survey of the use of materials by the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) from the perspective of resource availability. U.S. Bureau of Mines data on the supply and demand for materials within the U.S. economy are combined with DOD spending data from the U.S. General Services Administration in a calculation of the total use of materials by DOD for the years 1963 through 1972. An input-output matrix of the U.S. economy specifying 399 economic sectors is employed to obtain the estimates to total use of 65 of the materials by DOD. The data summarized in the report form the basis for an analysis of the likelihood of future materials' supply shortages and the sensitivity of national security to critical shortages of materials.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 1975
Accession Number
ADA010624

Entities

People

  • Evan E. Hughes
  • Evan Just
  • Mark D. Levine
  • Sanford Baum
  • Steve W. Woodcock

Organizations

  • SRI International

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Air Platforms
  • Biomedical
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Chemical Synthesis
  • Chemistry
  • Material Degradation Processes
  • Materials
  • Materials Laboratories
  • Materials Processing
  • Materials Science
  • Materials Testing
  • Metallic Nanoparticles
  • National Security

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  • Computer Science.
  • Economics
  • Industrial Economics