STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE

Safeguarding Long-Term Security as Budgets Fall

The rôles of defense science and strategic intelligence analysis become vital in a world of uncertain threats and uncertain funds.

Gregory R. Copley, Editor Emeritus

Gregory R. Copley, Editor Emeritus

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Safeguarding Long-Term Security as Budgets Fall
A half-century on, the Boeing/USAF B-52 Stratofortress strategic bomber remains in service, albeit with totally new missions, almost all of a tactical nature. Is it the best system for its present missions? Even if it is not, the process of adapting existing capabilities to meet emerging threats is almost always cheaper and more feasible than designing new systems for each emerging threat. The concern, however, is that existing systems and structures define the nature of the response to threats, even, often, to the point of protracting conflict, and adversely determining outcomes

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