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U.S. Air Force Strategic Deterrence Analytic Capabilities An Assessment of Tools, Methods, and Approaches for the 21st Century Security Environment (2014) / Chapter Skim
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Appendix A: Terms of Reference
Pages 103-104

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... in helping to understand how nuclear forces, posture, technological capabilities, and concepts of operations can improve prospects or mitigate failures. The committee and the Air Force sponsor understood that the study was not going to make recommendations about force structure and the like.
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... 5. Recommend an appropriate mix of the classes of analytical tools affordable in today's austere financial climate, and identify what can be planned for by the Air Force as future improvements to this mix if and should defense budgets increase or decrease.
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  • technological capabilities
  • mitigate failures
  • improve prospects
  • seeking nuclear
  • understanding deterrence

  • sponsor understood
  • proper choice
  • nuclear deterrence
  • committee interpreted
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  • assurance work
  • force postures
  • force sponsor
  • broad analytic
  • hoc committee

  • assess methods
  • force usage
  • force structure
  • nuclear force
  • analytic issues

  • american nuclear
  • assess tools
  • air force
  • ad hoc
  • defense budgets

  • austere financial
  • analytical tools
  • tools affordable
  • financial climate
  • appropriate mix


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