Defense planning for the Post-Cold War Era. Giving Meaning to Flexibility, Adaptiveness, and Robustness of Capability

Abstract

The objectives of this study are (a) to describe a new vision of operationally oriented defense planning, (b) to introduce related concepts for planning under certainty, and (c) to recommend a strategy for implementing and refining the ideas over time. The study seeks to communicate and extend significantly ideas about operations planning the have recently been embraced by the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and translated into requirements for the military commands. The study also proposes new analytic methods and recommends a rather fundamental restructuring of defense planning generally (i. e., of strategic and programmatic planning, as well as operations planning)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1993
Accession Number
ADA282444

Entities

People

  • Lou Finch
  • Paul K. Davis

Organizations

  • RAND Corporation

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Human Systems
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Aircrafts
  • Attrition
  • Contingency Operations (Military)
  • Employment
  • Fighter Aircraft
  • Geography
  • Information Systems
  • Lessons Learned
  • Military Force Levels
  • Military Organizations
  • Military Science
  • National Security
  • Personnel Management
  • Recreation
  • War Colleges
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Joint Military Operations and Doctrine.
  • Systems Analysis and Design