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Preface | p. v |
Figures | p. xi |
Tables | p. xv |
Summary | p. xvii |
Acknowledgments | p. xxi |
Introduction: Defense Planning for the 21st Century | p. 1 |
Approach and Overview | p. 3 |
Scenarios for Evaluating Future Needs and Capabilities | p. 5 |
A Generic Scenario for Force Planning | p. 9 |
Competing Approaches to Theater Warfare | p. 13 |
Assessing Future U.S. Capabilities for the Halt Phase | p. 23 |
Employing the Force: First Enable, Then Destroy | p. 26 |
Assessing a Single Operational Objective Rather Than a Theater Campaign | p. 29 |
A Simpler Approach to Assessing Modern Firepower | p. 31 |
Weapons and Sortie Effectiveness | p. 36 |
Results of the Base Case | p. 42 |
Variations of the Base Case: Multiple Axes of Advance and Increased Spacing | p. 48 |
Confronting the Threat of Weapons of Mass Destruction | p. 52 |
Exploring the Contributions of Carrier Aviation | p. 55 |
Preliminary Judgments | p. 59 |
A More Likely Opponent | p. 60 |
Long-Range Firepower Can Rapidly Attrit Mechanized Forces | p. 64 |
Priorities for Modernization: Ensuring a Robust Capability to Halt Invasions | p. 67 |
Defeating Enemy Aircraft | p. 71 |
Suppressing Surface-to-Air Defenses | p. 72 |
Gaining and Exploiting Information | p. 73 |
Rapidly Destroying Armor | p. 74 |
Broader Implications for the Defense Program | p. 77 |
Paying for Needed Enhancements | p. 78 |
Concluding Observations | p. 85 |
Assessment Approach and Methods | p. 87 |
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