Glenn A. Kent

Thinking about America's Defense

An Analytical Memoir

"Lieutenant General Glenn A. Kent was a uniquely acute analyst and developer of American defense policy in the second half of the twentieth century. H...

Gaining New Military Capability

An Experiment in Concept Development

The process of modernizing U.S. military forces is the focus of this report....

On the Interaction of Opposing Forces Under Possible Arms Agreements

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A Calculus of First-strike Stability

A Criterion for Evaluating Strategic Forces

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A Framework for Enhancing Operational Capabilities

This report suggests a straightforward approach for linking defense system acquisition programs with our national security objectives. It reflects two...

A Suggested Policy Framework for Strategic Defenses

This study proposes a framework for considering U.S. policy with regard to the Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI). The framework takes account of the ...

A Framework for Defense Planning

This report presents an approach to strengthening the U.S. defense planning process. The approach centers on a simple but rigorous framework that link...

Strategic Defenses and the Transition to Assured Survival

This report details the anatomy and calculus of the ballistic missile portion of the transition to a robust nationwide strategic defense posture as pr...

Report Nr.: R-3508-AF

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Defining the Role of Airpower in Joint Missions

The stage is set for the emergence of a "new American way of war," in which U.S. forces are able to bring military power to bear against an enemy stat...

A Framework for Modernization Within the United States Air Force

Like its sister services, the Air Force is charged, by Title 10 of the U.S. Code, with providing combatant commanders with capabilities that fulfill, ...

A New Concept for Streamlining Up-front Planning

Most observers of U.S. military affairs agree that the process within the Department of Defense (DoD) of enhancing U.S. military capability-or moderni...

First-strike Stability and Strategic Defenses

Part II of a Methodology for Evaluating Strategic Forces

A pressing issue facing the United States in the early 1990s centers on whether, and for what strategic purposes, the United States should deploy nati...

A New Approach to Arms Control

This report proposes an approach to arms control that would constrain the total destructive power of each side's strategic force and, at the same time...

A New Methodology for Assessing Multilayer Missile Defense Options

In this report, the authors describe a methodology for allocating resources among various facets of missile defense. Their model takes into account th...

A Plan for Planning

The Need for a Better Method of Assisting Underdeveloped Countries on Their Economic Policies

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