Powering America's Defense: Energy and the Risks to National Security

Abstract

FUNDAMENTAL QUESTIONS: What are the national security threats associated with energy? * What is an appropriate role for DoD in addressing these threats? * The MAB's debate led to: findings and priorities. America's energy posture constitutes a serious and urgent threat to national security -- militarily, diplomatically and economically. Oil dependence * Weakness of U.S. electrical grid.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 2009
Accession Number
ADA508491

Entities

People

  • John Nathman

Organizations

  • Center for Naval Analyses

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Climate Change
  • Department Of Defense
  • Electrical Grids
  • Energy
  • Energy Efficiency
  • Energy Security
  • Information Operations
  • Military Capabilities
  • Military Planning
  • National Governments
  • National Security
  • Renewable Energy
  • Security
  • Training
  • War Colleges

Readers

  • Energy Conservation and Renewable Energy Engineering.
  • Strategic Security Studies