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It's Time to Remember the Alamo All Over Again! In the long war against terrorism, the US Government had taken on extraordinary powers. And now that the war was won, powerful forces in the government had no intention of relinquishing those powers. As in 1860, the country was on the verge of civil war. And as in 1860, a leader arose to save the country-but it was not the President this time. Instead, the Governor of Texas was the woman of destiny....
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"When we think about the future of war, the military and Washington and most everyone gets it backwards. We think in terms of buying single military systems, such as fighter jets or aircraft carriers. And when we think about modernizing those systems, we think about buying better versions of the same things. But what really matters is not the single system but "the battle network"--the collection of sensors and shooters that enables a military to...
5) Defense trade: better information needed to support decisions affecting proposed weapons transfers
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Report looks at how releasability of advanced weapons is determined, how U.S. technological advantage is considered and protected, and what information is needed to make informed decisions on the potential release of advanced weapons.
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This book, the fifth volume in the History of Acquisition in the Department of Defense series, focuses on the adoption in the 1990s of new concepts and methods for acquiring major weapon systems. The changes came from several quarters - the White House, the Office of the Secretary of Defense, the military services, and Congress - and in response to numerous pressures. The most important of these were the end of the Cold War and the resulting decline...