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Weapons Of Mass Destruction Wmd Compendium
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Author : U. S. Military
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2017-04-27
Weapons Of Mass Destruction Wmd Compendium written by U. S. Military and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-04-27 with categories.
This unique book is a compendium of eight outstanding reports from the Center for the Study of Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD Center). The reports include: Part 1: Defining "Weapons of Mass Destruction" * Part 2: Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction: Looking Back, Looking Ahead * Part 3: International Partnerships to Combat Weapons of Mass Destruction * Part 4: Can al Qaeda Be Deterred from Using Nuclear Weapons? * Part 5: Eliminating Adversary Weapons of Mass Destruction: What's at Stake? * Part 6: Iraq and After: Taking the Right Lessons for Combating Weapons of Mass Destruction * Part 7: The Future Nuclear Landscape * Part 8: The Future of Weapons of Mass Destruction: Their Nature and Role in 2030 The phrase "weapons of mass destruction, "for example, is an amorphous one, changing meaning according to the whims of the speaker. Raising the specter of WMD is more a way by which politicians assign blame or take a stand on seemingly objective moral standards than a way by which they assess a particular weapons system. Because many analysts find fault with existing definitions, they offer new definitions that differ in some radical way from those commonly accepted.8 Still others, believing that the traditional definitions for WMD are intellectually problematic, propose dropping the term altogether. Recognizing these disagreements, the 2004 British government review of Iraq WMD intelligence offered the following comment: There is a considerable and long-standing academic debate about the proper interpretation of the phrase "weapons of mass destruction." We have some sympathy with the view that, whatever its origin, the phrase and its accompanying abbreviation is now used so variously as to confuse rather than enlighten readers. In important ways, the world is at a nuclear crossroads. The complex and dynamic nuclear landscape presents us with challenges along at least four axes: regional nuclear proliferation, nuclear terrorism, great power nuclear relations, and the security implications of increased interest in nuclear energy. These problems are interrelated in ways that the national security community does not fully understand. Strategy and policy frameworks do not address them in sufficiently integrated fashion. New conceptual thinking is required to develop a more unified understanding of and approach to managing the risks and opportunities posed by these 21st-century nuclear challenges. Today, more than at any other time in the nuclear era, nuclear capacity and potential (knowledge, technology, and materials) are accessible to a growing number of actors with more ambitious goals. The result is a high degree of nuclear latency that challenges traditional thinking about nuclear threats. Whereas 30 or 40 years ago, only a handful of countries were assumed to know how to acquire nuclear weapons, as many as 35 or 40 nations currently are believed to be in the know, and many more could become so based on their participation in civilian nuclear energy programs.
Countering Weapons Of Mass Destruction
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Author : Albert J. Mauroni
language : en
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Release Date : 2016-10-12
Countering Weapons Of Mass Destruction written by Albert J. Mauroni and has been published by Rowman & Littlefield this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-10-12 with Political Science categories.
The Cold War phrase “weapons of mass destruction” continues to be used despite significant changes in international political cultures, military concepts of operation, and technology advances. Today, the term “weapons of mass destruction” (WMD) is used to address many things, from grams of ricin and barrels of industrial chemicals to megaton nuclear weapons. As a direct result of the decision to refer to all nuclear, biological, and chemical (NBC) weapons as well as biological, chemical and radiological (CBR) hazards as “WMD,” we have lost the ability to accurately develop, assess, and discuss policy concerns relating to the contemporary use of unconventional weapons on the battlefield and within the homeland. This book uses a public policy framework to examine how the U.S. government, and in particular the U.S. military, should address the potential use of unconventional weapons in the 21st century. It defines the problem, identifies the policy actors and reviews policy options. It discusses past policy efforts before offering a critical review of current strategies and how WMD issues are integrated into the current military Joint Operating Concepts (deterrence, cooperative security, major combat operations, irregular warfare, stability, and homeland security), and proposes new national framework for countering WMD. The aim is to answer such questions as what does counterproliferation mean and whether the U.S. government is adequately prepared to protect U.S. citizens and its armed forces from adversaries developing unconventional weapons.
2023 Department Of Defense Strategy For Countering Weapons Of Mass Destruction
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Author : United States. Department of Defense
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2023
2023 Department Of Defense Strategy For Countering Weapons Of Mass Destruction written by United States. Department of Defense and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023 with Arms control categories.
This strategy lays the foundation for the Department to confront the complex and demanding challenges presented by WMD. It also reinforces, complements, and integrates other guidance provided in the Nuclear Posture Review, the Missile Defense Review, and the Biodefence Posture Review by clarifying the role of the SWMD mission with the Department's overall approach to integrated deterrence and conflict.
Department Of Defense Strategy For Countering Weapons Of Mass Destruction
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Author : United States Department of Defense
language : en
Publisher: CreateSpace
Release Date : 2014-10-29
Department Of Defense Strategy For Countering Weapons Of Mass Destruction written by United States Department of Defense and has been published by CreateSpace this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-10-29 with Political Science categories.
Actors of concern pose a threat of developing, acquiring, proliferating, or employing weapons of mass destruction (WMD) and related capabilities--expertise, materials, technologies, and means of delivery. These activities present a clear threat to the strategic objectives of the United States. State or non-state actors may use WMD to conduct a catastrophic attack on U.S. citizens and infrastructure; to exploit U.S. power projection, sustainment, and force protection vulnerabilities; to deny access to an area or region and limit the ability of the United States to respond to urgent threats; or to undermine the support for U.S. policies and actions by key regional partners. This strategy seeks to ensure that the United States and its allies and partners are neither attacked nor coerced by actors with WMD. It delineates three end states: that no new actors obtain WMD, those possessing WMD do not use them, and if actors use WMD, their effects are minimized. It is imperative that our political will and military capability to provide security, resist coercion, and defeat aggression are not undermined by the threatened or actual use of WMD. As part of a whole-of-government effort, the Department of Defense (DoD) will continue to build new capabilities, coalitions, mechanisms, and international norms in cooperation with allies and partners to counter WMD. Countering WMD (CWMD) consists of efforts against actors of concern to curtail the conceptualization, development, possession, proliferation, use, and effects of WMD and related capabilities. These efforts emphasize shaping the security environment to influence state and non-state actors to eschew WMD-related activities. They focus on addressing WMD developments as early as possible and protecting the force against operationally significant threats. DoD will closely integrate these efforts into broader plans and operations. This strategy reflects the contemporary and emerging WMD challenge and provides a strong foundation for developing and implementing necessary policies, plans, and programs.
Strategy Policy Mismatch
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Author : Tim Bonds
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2014
Strategy Policy Mismatch written by Tim Bonds and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014 with POLITICAL SCIENCE categories.
Although two successive presidents have determined that weapons of mass destruction (WMD)--particularly nuclear weapons in the hands of violent extremists--pose the greatest threat to the American people, and have decided that countering their proliferation is a top strategic priority, neither administration has made countering WMD a priority when it comes to allocating budgetary resources to that overarching national mission. In the public domain, little analysis exists that assesses the capacity and capabilities required by military forces to conduct WMD elimination (WMD-E) operations. As a result, public discussion of what capabilities the military requires for such operations generally omits or gives short shrift to requirements for the WMD-E mission. The purpose of this report is to address and analyze those requirements, namely, the ground force capacity (force size) and capabilities (force structure) needed to accomplish WMD-E missions and tasks. In particular, these analyses provide an informed description of the types and size of U.S. Army forces required to conduct WMD-E operations in a wide range of situations.
Countering Weapons Of Mass Destruction
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Author : U. S. Military
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2018-05-30
Countering Weapons Of Mass Destruction written by U. S. Military and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-05-30 with categories.
The proliferation of emerging and disruptive technologies such as additive manufacturing continues unabated. Such trends vastly increase the likelihood of a pernicious non-state actor acquiring weapons of mass destruction in the near future. In addition, these emerging novel threats have proved particularly vexing for the existing U.S. bureaucracies. Absent the major restructuring of the government, significantly higher levels of proactive inter-agency collaboration will be required to successfully respond to these grave challenges. In this project, we first operationalized a concept of collaboration in terms of increases in transparency, resource sharing, and interdependence across inter-agency actors. In other words, actors are deemed to be collaborating when they share information, make assets available to one another, and become jointly invested in (and responsible for) the resulting decisions. Second, we explored if the use of a formal collaborative process and the choice of venue would have significant impacts on the degree of collaboration observed. A preliminary field study conducted at the U.S. Embassy in Singapore confirmed our intuitions regarding increased collaboration, and provided the springboard for additional research, as well as for a number of policy recommendations. CONTENTS * I. INTRODUCTION * A. WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION AND THE NEED TO COLLABORATE: DESCRIBING THE PROBLEM * B. THE EVOLVING PROLIFERATION THREAT * C. CWMD DEFINITIONS AND DOCTRINE * D. DISRUPTIVE INNOVATION AND PROLIFERATION * E. MARKET DISRUPTION * F. THE DISRUPTORS * G. ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING * H. WHY INTERAGENCY COLLABORATION? * I. RESEARCH STATEMENT AND QUESTIONS * J. SCOPE OF RESEARCH * K. OUTLINE OF PROJECT * II. EXISTING LITERATURE ON COLLABORATION * A. DEFINING COLLABORATION * B. THE ROLE OF INFORMATION * C. THE ROLE OF INTERESTS * D. OPERATIONALIZATION OF COLLABORATION * E. CONCLUSION * III. LESSONS GLEANED FROM THE MARKETPLACE ABOUT THE UTILITY OF A FORMAL COLLABORATIVE PROCESS * A. INSIGHTS FROM THE PRIVATE SECTOR * B. THE UTILITY OF INTEGRATED TEAMS * C. RECONSTRUING THE "INPUTS/OUTPUTS" OF COLLABORATION * D. INTRODUCING A FORMAL PROCESS: OPPORTUNITY ANALYSIS * E. THE IMPACT OF VENUE * F. RESEARCH DESIGN * G. CONCLUSIONS * IV. EXPLORATORY FIELD STUDY: INTERAGENCY OPPORTUNITY ANALYSIS * A. ACTIONABLE SOLUTIONS SPECIFIC TO THE SCENARIO * B. ASSESSING THE IMPACT ON EACH DIMENSION OF COLLABORATION * 1. Transparency * 2. Resource Provision * 3. Interdependence * C. OPPORTUNITY ANALYSIS CONCLUSION * V. CONCLUSIONS * A. RECOMMENDATIONS * B. WAY FORWARD * 1. Online U.S. Interagency Counterproliferation Collaboration Environment * 2. Institutionalization of Opportunity Analysis across the U.S. Interagency * 3. SOF Outreach to Interagency Partners
Countering The Proliferation Of Weapons Of Mass Destruction
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Author : Thanos P Dokos
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2020-07-24
Countering The Proliferation Of Weapons Of Mass Destruction written by Thanos P Dokos and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-07-24 with History categories.
As counter-profileration is expected to become the central element in the new national security policy of the US, such actions will constitute a central element of every major international conflict in the first decades of the 21st century. One of the most important geostrategic phenomena of the past decade has been the extraordinary diffusion of war-making capabilities from the developed North to the developing South. In the eyes of some proliferant states, possessing nuclear, biological and chemical (NBC) weapons would not only add to their regional stature, but would also offer an asymmetrical counter to the West’s massive superiority in conventional forces. In the Eastern Mediterranean and the Middle East, a number of countries are assumed to possess varying levels of NBC-weapons capabilities. Reasons for concern include the fact that such weapons have been used in the past; the region’s geographic proximity to Europe and the vital interests of the West (which is prepared, under certain circumstances, to use force to protect them); the multiplicity of conflicts and other security problems; and the general instability in the region (including the spread of religious extremism). This important and timely book assesses, in detail, the accuracy of predictions, and perceptions, about a possible military threat from the Southern Mediterranean (Muslim) world; and their impact on NATO’s political and military posture. Thanos P. Doxos presents an assessment of the Alliance’s options for dealing with the problem. This book represents an invaluable, topical resource for researchers and policy makers.
Combating Proliferation Of Weapons Of Mass Destruction
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Author : United States. Commission to Assess the Organization of the Federal Government to Combat the Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1999
Combating Proliferation Of Weapons Of Mass Destruction written by United States. Commission to Assess the Organization of the Federal Government to Combat the Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999 with Security, International categories.
Combating Weapons Of Mass Destruction Joint Publication 3 40
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Author : Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
language : en
Publisher: Createspace Independent Pub
Release Date : 2012-10-01
Combating Weapons Of Mass Destruction Joint Publication 3 40 written by Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and has been published by Createspace Independent Pub this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-10-01 with History categories.
This publication, “Combating Weapons of Mass Destruction,” (Joint Publication 3-40), provides fundamental principles and guidance for combating weapons of mass destruction (CWMD) and their mean of delivery. Combating weapons of mass destruction (CWMD) and their means of delivery is one of the greatest challenges the United States (US) faces. Weapons of mass destruction (WMD) have the potential to severely disrupt and damage the United States, it forces, allies, multinational partners, and other friendly nations. It is important for commanders and their staffs to keep the perspective that WMD is not an adversary, but a capability an adversary can use. Adversaries may use WMD as a tool to inflict casualties on civilian populations, degrade the instruments of our national power, or to counter US military superiority. CWMD is a global mission crossing geographic areas of responsibility (AORs) boundaries, requires an integrate and synchronized effort, and requires numerous interagency and multinational partner for effective mission accomplishment. Rather than a discrete, specialized mission, CWMD requires a continuous campaign conducted and supported by the entire United States Government. CWMD actions are conducted across the range of military operations and DOD will often be acting in support of another lead agency, or even supporting a multinational effort. This publication has been prepared under the direction of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. It sets forth CWMD doctrine to govern the activities and performance of the Armed Forces of the United States in joint operations and provides the doctrinal basis for interagency coordination and for US military involvement in multinational operations. It provides military guidance for the exercise of authority by combatant commanders and other joint force commanders (JFCs) and prescribes joint doctrine for operations. It provides military guidance for use by the Armed Forces in preparing their appropriate plans. It is not the intent of this publication to restrict the authority of the JFC from task organizing the force and executing the mission in a manner the JFC deems most appropriate to ensure unity of effort in the accomplishment of the overall objective. Joint doctrine established in this publication applies to the Joint Staff, commanders of combatant commands, subunified commands, joint task forces, subordinate components of these commands, and the Services. The guidance in this publication is authoritative; as such, this doctrine will be followed except when, in the judgment of the commander, exceptional circumstances dictate otherwise. If conflicts arise between the contents of this publication and the contents of Service publications, this publication will take precedence unless the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, normally in coordination with the other members of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, has provided more current and specific guidance. Commanders of forces operating as part of a multinational (alliance or coalition) military command should follow multinational doctrine and procedures ratified by the United States. For doctrine and procedures not ratified by the United States, commanders should evaluate and follow the multinational command's doctrine and procedures, where applicable and consistent with US law, regulations, and doctrine.
Countering The Proliferation Of Weapons Of Mass Destruction
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2008
Countering The Proliferation Of Weapons Of Mass Destruction written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008 with Arms control categories.