Assuring Access in Key Strategic Regions Toward a Long-Term Strategy

Abstract

Since the end of the Cold War, agreement within the defense community that the United States must be able to project power abroad quickly and effectively has been increasing. From the 1990 Base Force's emphasis on forward presence and crisis response to the 1997 Quadrennial Defense Review's strategic tenets of "shape and respond," U.S. defense planning has envisioned the reinforcement of in-theater forces. The most recent (September 2001) Quadrennial Defense Review (QDR) gave increased emphasis to deployability, operations in anti-access environments, and protecting bases of operation at home and abroad.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 2004
Accession Number
ADA427470

Entities

People

  • Derek Eaton
  • Eric V. Larson
  • Paul Elrick
  • Robert J Klein
  • Theodore Karasik

Organizations

  • RAND Corporation

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Biomedical
  • Cyber
  • Electronic Warfare
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aircraft Equipment
  • Aircraft Industry
  • Aircrafts
  • Airframes
  • Combat Areas
  • Contingency Operations (Military)
  • Employment
  • Fighter Aircraft
  • Geography
  • International Relations
  • Military Applications
  • Military Organizations
  • Military Science
  • National Security
  • Short Range Ballistic Missiles
  • Warfare
  • Weapons Effects

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  • Aerospace logistics and air mobility.
  • Asian Economic Studies
  • Defense Acquisition Program Management