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dc.contributor.author | J. David Patterson | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2020-03-16T17:51:04Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2020-03-16T17:51:04Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2012-04-30 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Published--Unlimited Distribution | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://dair.nps.edu/handle/123456789/1228 | - |
dc.description | Acquisition Management / Defense Acquisition Community Contributor | |
dc.description.abstract | Once the Soviet Union was gone, the United States set about adjusting its national security strategy and its planning approach to deal with what appeared to be a void in adversaries. Meanwhile, the United States dealt with the Iraq invasion of Kuwait. The U.S. military and its allies handled the Iraqi invasion quickly and in a manner that appeared effortless. The ease with which the United States and its allies operated in and over Iraq in 1991 was due largely to the formidable conventional capability available, a legacy of the Cold War. The first Gulf War proved to U.S. military planners, if nothing else, that other world actors could be dangerous; but who were they, and where and when might they become a real threat? Uncertainty became the focus of tailoring a military capability. However, military planners knew that some level of capability was required for the United States to remain the superpower. Consequently, threat-based planning gave way to capability-based planning. With the adoption of capability-based planning came problems. The most troubling problem was that capability-based planning drove the planning process to adjust necessary capability to fit a defense budget. This paper suggests that planners consider a more threat-based approach. | |
dc.description.sponsorship | Acquisition Research Program | |
dc.language | English (United States) | |
dc.publisher | Acquisition Research Program | |
dc.relation.ispartofseries | Threat-based Planning | |
dc.relation.ispartofseries | SYM-AM-12-064 | |
dc.subject | Rational Defense | |
dc.subject | Threat-Based Planning | |
dc.subject | Capability-Based Planning | |
dc.subject | Uncertainty | |
dc.title | Basis for a Rational Defense: Acquiring the Right Capability | |
dc.type | Article | |
Appears in Collections: | Annual Acquisition Research Symposium Proceedings & Presentations |
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