INDEX
Afghanistan wars, 41, 146, 185–86, 230–31, 244–47
Africa Command (AFRICOM), 6, 156
Airborne Laser (ABL), 194–96, 207–9
air combat, 88–89, 129–30, 158–59
Air Combat Command, 6
Air Force War College, 3
Air Mobility Command, 3
air superiority, 131
Albania, 34
Algeria, 110
amphibious assault, 85–96
Anti-Ballistic Missile (ABM) Treaty, 201
anti-satellite (ASAT) weapons, 195–99
antisubmarine warfare (ASW), 100–103, 122–24
Anzio, Italy, 87
Apache helicopter, 34
Applied Physics Laboratory, Johns Hopkins
University, 3
Arab-Israeli War, 1967, 65, 158
Armed Forces Qualification Test (AFQT), 37
armored division equivalent (ADE), 73
Army Concepts Analysis Agency, 64
Army force structure, 127–28
Army War College, 3
Art of War, The, 1
artillery barrages, 97
B-2 bomber, 47–49
Base Force, Bush Administration, 21
bases, military, 152–62, 254–56; in Africa, 156; in Asia, 154–55, 161–62; in Europe, 152–54, 160–61; in Middle East, 155–56
Bay of Pigs, 87
benchmarks in counterinsurgency, stabilization missions, 110–14
Betts, Richard, 33
Blainey, Geoffrey, 63
blockades, naval, 96–103
budget authority, 11
budget breakdowns, Department of Defense, 13–15, 18–27, 28–29, 249–51, 257–62
budget comparisons, international, 43–47
Builder, Carl, 5
C Ratings for readiness, 35
C-5 aircraft, 148–49
C-17 aircraft, 148–49
C-130 aircraft, 149–50
C-141 aircraft, 148–49
CH-53 helicopter, 149
Campbell, Jason, 114
Cape Canaveral, Florida, 191
Carafano, Jim, 182
Central Command (CENTCOM), 6, 155–56
Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), 7, 186
chemical weapons, 95
China Lake Naval Air Weapons Station, 3
China-Taiwan conflict, 88–103, 246
Chinese military spending, 43–47
Chinese missiles, 88–89, 98–100, 211–12
Chinese satellites, 192–93, 198–99
Clinton administration, 34
Cold War military spending, 8–9
combat exchange ratio, 77
Combined Action Program (CAP), U.S. Marine Corps in Vietnam, 111
command and control, nuclear, 105
communications technologies, 179–80, 186, 192
Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBT), 218–26, 228–29
Congo, Democratic Republic of, 116
Congressional Budget Office (CBO), 17, 18, 49, 151
contractors, Defense, 18–19
convoy escort, naval, 100–103
cost growth, 28–30
countermeasures for missile defense, 210–14
Dahlgren Surface Warfare Facility, 3
Davis, Colonel M. Thomas, 12
Defense Science Board, 170, 179
Department of Energy nuclear weapons budget and activities, 12, 222
Diplomatic (State Department) Budget, 9
discretionary budgets, 11
Dunnigan, James, 4
Dupuy, Trevor, 73, 80–85, 121–22
engines, 180–83
Epstein, Joshua, 64, 66, 72–80, 117–19, 121, 146
European Command (EUCOM), 6, 152–54
Falklands (Malvinas) War, 87, 93–94
FBCB2 (Force 21 Battle Command Brigade and Below), 179
Foreign Assistance Budget, 9, 10
fratricide, nuclear, 105
Future Years Defense Program (FYDP), 11, 12
Gallipoli, Turkey, 87
Garwin, Richard, 221
G.E.D. degrees, 36–37
Global Positioning System (GPS) Satellites, 48, 179, 183–85, 189–93
Goldwater-Nichols Act of 1986
Gudgel, Andrew, 182
Hale, Robert, 18
Hamas, 246
High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicles (HMMWVs), 42, 244
Hiroshima bomb, 216–19, 223, 227
history of military innovation and revolution, 174–76
Homeland Security budget, 9, 10
homeporting of ships, 159
How to Make War, Dunnigan’s, 4
Hughes, Captain Wayne, Jr., 92–93, 102
Inchon, Korea, 87
India, 114–18
Indonesia, 116
Institute for Defense Analyses, 3, 66
intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs), 103–7, 205–6
International Institute for Strategic Studies, 7, 8, 43
Iran hostage rescue attempt, 33
Iran-Iraq war, 95
Iran, nuclear weapons, 225
Iran Strait of Hormuz scenario, 122–24
Iraq War, Operation Iraqi Freedom, 34, 41, 65, 83–85, 112–14, 142, 185–86, 226–27, 230–31, 244–47
Israel, 246
JASON group, 170
Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS), 6
Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM), 48, 80, 183–85
Joint Forces Command, 6
Joint Improvised Explosive Device Defeat Organization (JIEDDO), 6
Joint Staff, 3
Joint Surveillance and Target Attack Radar System (JSTARS), 76, 120
KC-10 aircraft, 148–49
Kaufmann, William, 10, 18–27, 51, 53
Kirtland Air Force Base, 3
Korean conflict, 97
Kosovo War, NATO, 34, 74, 171, 183, 185, 246–47
Kugler, Richard, 72–80, 117–19, 121
Kugler-Posen “FEBA Expansion” Model, 72–80, 117–19, 121
Kuperman, Alan, 151
Labs, Eric, 49
Lanchester equations, 67–71
large medium-speed roll-on/roll-o? (LMSR) ships, 150
laser technology, 194–97
Libya, 34
Lincoln Labs, MIT, 170
Livermore National Laboratory, 3
logistics, military, 141–52
Los Alamos National Laboratory, 3
low-cost autonomous attack system (LOCAAS), 183
low-density high-demand units, 38
major procurement, 30
mandatory budgets, 11
Masks of War, Builder’s, 5
Massive Ordnance Penetrator, 184
Maverick munition, 78
McNamara Programs, defense budget breakdown, 13, 18
metrics in counterinsurgency, stabilization missions, 110–14
microsatellites, 198–99
midcourse missile defense system, 201–2, 207–9, 213
Military Balance, The, 7
military force comparisons, international, 45
military personnel, U.S., over time, 251–54
military readiness, 31–43, 52–53
Military Sealift Command, 3
military technology, 177–87
Mine Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) vehicles, 17, 42, 148
minor procurement, 30
missile defense, 123–24, 201–15
Missile Defense Agency, 202, 214
missile flight trajectories, 202–6
multiple independently-targetable reentry vehicles (MIRVs), 204, 210–12, 214
National Defense Panel, 180–81
National Defense Strategy (of Secretary of Defense), 4
National Military Strategy (of Joint Chiefs), 12
National Security Act of 1947, 5
National Security Agency, 7
National Security Budget, 10
National Security Strategy, 12
Naval War College, 3
Navy Theater Wide (NTW) defense system, 201–2, 207–9
Network-Centric Warfare, 179
Nigeria, 116
no-fly zone, Iraqi, 123
Normandy, 87
North Korea, 97, 214, 219, 225, 228–29
Northern Alliance, Afghan, 186
Northern Command, 6
nuclear exchange calculations, 103–7
nuclear weapons designs, testing issues, 215–26
Office of Management and Budget (OMB), 5, 12
Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD), 3, 5
Okinawa, 87
On War, Clausewitz’s, 1
Operation Desert Storm, 34, 65–67, 71, 75–80, 143–44, 147, 183, 185
orbits, 187–89
ordnance, 183–84
outlays, defense spending, 10–11
Pacific Command (PACCOM), 6, 154–55
Patriot missile defense system, 201–202, 207–209
Patuxent River Naval Air Station, 3
pensions, military, 39–40
Persian Gulf oil, 51–52
Pierrot, Lane, 65–66
Planning, Programming, Budgeting, and Execution (PPBE) System, 11–12
Pollack, Kenneth, 113
Posen, Barry, 72–80, 117–19, 121
post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), 38
program objective memoranda (POMs), 12
propulsion technologies, 180–83
purchasing power parity, 46
Quadrennial Defense Review, 4
Quantico, 3
Ramjets, 181
RAND Corporation, 119–20
Reliable replacement warhead (RRW), 223
Revolution in Military Affairs, 171–87, 227, 230–31
robotics, 182–83
rockets, rocket launch costs, 189, 197–98, 202–6
Ronald Reagan Military Buildup, 8, 34, 43
Rumsfeld, Secretary of Defense Donald, 142, 171, 226–27
runway attacks, 132
Russian satellites, 192, 198–99
Rwanda genocide, 151
SL-7 ships, 150
Salvo equation, 92–93
Sandia National Laboratory, 3
satellites, 189
Scott Air Force Base, 3
Second Infantry Division, U.S. Army, 22
Secretary of Defense, 6
selected acquisition reports (SARs), 11, 257–62
sensors, 177–79
shoot-look-shoot tactics in missile defense, 209
simulators, 41
Southern Command, 6
space, military uses of, 187–200
space-based laser, 196–97
Special Operations Command, 6
stabilization missions, 107–16
Strategic Command, 6
Strategic Defense Initiative (“Star Wars”), 170–71, 201, 214, 226
Stryker vehicle, 42
submarine-launched ballistic missiles (SLBMs), 103–7, 205–6
submarines, 49–51
supplemental appropriations, war time, 12, 16–18
TACWAR, 66
Taiwan-China conflict, 88–103
Taliban, 185
theater high-altitude air defense (THAAD) system, 201–2
Time-Phased Force Deployment List (TPFDL), 142
V-22 Osprey aircraft, 149
Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, 191
Veterans’ Affairs budget, 10
Vick, Alan, 158
Walleye munition, 78
West Point, 37
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, 3