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TECHNOLOGICAL DIMENSIONS OF NATIONAL SECURITY
Pages 13-17

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... A 1991 Office of Technology Assessment study5 showed that most major arms sales involved some form of coproduction, codevelopment, or technology transfer. The study found that these practices were resulting in the transfer of military technology and the arms industry infrastructure posing serious national security challenges for the United States.
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... This sub-tier base is critical. It underpins both the defense and information technology industries that are key for both economic and national security.
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... Buchanan stated that because technology is not a commodity and not a deciding factor, the use of technology in offsets does not matter much for national security. He made the point that the Cold War was won with a strategy of industrial attrition.
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... However, concerns remain about the transfer of commercial technologies feeding foreign commercial competitors and about the transfer of certain defense-unique technologies. From a government perspective, the issue is how to balance national security needs, in both an economic and military sense.
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... Dr. Keller remarked that the issue of international cooperation and interoperability has been a problem for a long time and that past attempts to address the issue, such as the Nunn Amendment programs, have not seemed to progress very far.
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  • foreign competitors
  • political actors
  • proper timing
  • amendment programs
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  • machine tools
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  • business diplomacy
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