Sustaining the U.S. Air Force nuclear mission /

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Author / Creator:	Snyder, Don, 1962-
Imprint:	Santa Monica, CA : RAND, [2013] ©2013
Description:	1 online resource (xiv, 22 pages) : illustrations.
Language:	English
Series:	RAND Corporation technical report series ; TR1240 Technical report (Rand Corporation) ; TR1240.
Subject:	United States. -- Air Force -- Operational readiness. United States. -- Air Force -- Planning. United States. -- Air Force. Weapons systems -- United States -- Maintenance and repair. Nuclear weapons -- United States. Armed Forces -- Operational readiness. Armed Forces -- Planning. Nuclear weapons. Weapons systems -- Maintenance and repair. United States. Electronic books.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11397108

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Other authors / contributors:	Project Air Force (U.S.) Rand Corporation.
ISBN:	9780833083548 0833083546 9780833078520 0833078526
Digital file characteristics:	text file PDF
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 21-22). The research described in this report was sponsored by the United States Air Force under Contract FA7014-06-C-0001. English. Online resource; title from PDF title page (RAND, viewed Aug. 1, 2013).
Summary:	The United States' nuclear deterrence is no more effective than its ability to carry out nuclear operations and other states' perceptions of this ability. The U.S. Air Force (USAF) has prioritized the reinvigoration and strengthening of its nuclear enterprise. However, there are inherent challenges to sustaining the capabilities of nuclear systems of systems. Perhaps the most pressing challenge currently facing the Air Force nuclear enterprise is sustaining the mission in the face of budgetary constraints. This report proposes possibilities for addressing this challenge. Coordination is key to this approach. Individual platforms must work together seamlessly for the nuclear system of systems to perform successfully. Any slippage in one system may cause schedule delays and increased costs for all other systems working in concert. This report outlines a double-layered framework for managing nuclear sustainment. This framework consists first of a set of sustainment plans for each system that follow a common format. The second layer, an overarching Air Force Nuclear Architecture and Mission Sustainment Plan, pulls together salient information from the individual, system-level plans to compile a master schedule for long-term mission sustainment. This framework should strengthen future nuclear deterrence capabilities through better planning and programming for the sustainment of these missions in the present.

Table of Contents:

A mission-based view of sustainment
Budgetary constraints
Scope ; what is unique about the nuclear enterprise?
Approach and perspective
The framework
The nuclear system of systems
An integrated view
Challenges and policy options to meet them
System-level sustainment plans
Nuclear command, control, and communications
Other system-level sustainment plans
An Air Force nuclear architecture and mission sustainment plan
Improved interagency coordination and advocacy
Maintaining human capital
Metrics
Summary.

Sustaining the U.S. Air Force nuclear mission /

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