The Fundamental Issues Study within the British BMD Review

Abstract

My remit, as the member of the PFS team responsible for the Fundamental Issues Study, (FIS), has been to conduct a synoptic and independent assessment of the approach Britain should adopt to BMD. Among the aspects considered have been geopolitics, threat development, the technological environment, the operational context, the principle of comparative costing, arms control, pollution effects, industrial collaboration, and participation in Space. I have not been involved in the PFS predictions of how particular systems would perform in specific scenarios. Nor have I been concerned with the life-cycle costings of alternative options. My main aim has been to think laterally about the linkages between issues, not least as between technical/operational considerations and geopolitical or philosophical ones.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 01, 1998
Accession Number
ADA353915

Entities

People

  • Neville Brown

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Biomedical
  • C4I
  • Cyber
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Arms Control Treaties
  • Combat Areas
  • Contingency Operations (Military)
  • Early Warning Systems
  • Geography
  • Guided Bombs
  • International Law
  • International Relations
  • Military Organizations
  • Military Science
  • National Politics
  • National Security
  • Naval Warfare
  • Nuclear Materials
  • Recreation
  • Rockets
  • Warning Systems

Readers

  • Defense Technology Research and Development.
  • East Asian Political and Security Studies within the Soviet Union
  • Systems Analysis and Design

Technology Areas

  • Space