Sustaining the U.S. Air Force nuclear mission
The United States' nuclear deterrence is no more effective than its ability to carry out nuclear operations and other states' perceptions of this ability. The U.S. Air Force (USAF) has prioritized the reinvigoration and strengthening of its nuclear enterprise. However, there are inherent c...
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Santa Monica, CA
RAND
[2013]©2013, 2013
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Table of Contents:
- A mission-based view of sustainment
- Budgetary constraints
- Scope ; what is unique about the nuclear enterprise?
- Approach and perspective
- The framework
- The nuclear system of systems
- An integrated view
- Challenges and policy options to meet them
- System-level sustainment plans
- Nuclear command, control, and communications
- Other system-level sustainment plans
- An Air Force nuclear architecture and mission sustainment plan
- Improved interagency coordination and advocacy
- Maintaining human capital
- Metrics
- Summary
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 21-22)