Foregone Conclusions
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Author_James H. Lebovic
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Close Air Support
Cold War
Cost Reimbursement Contracts
defense acquisition process
Defense Contracting Firms
defense policy
defense policy analysis
Desert Storm
Drawn Back
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Full Scale Development
International Resolve
Laser Guided Bombs
Low Rate Initial Production
M1A2 Abrams Tank
military procurement reform
military-industrial complex
Mobile Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles
organizational bias
post-Cold War weapons systems evaluation
SAR
Soviet threat
Stealth Aircraft
threat assessment methods
U.S. weapons acquisition
Vice Versa
Weapon Performance
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- ISBN 9780367014926
- Weight: 540g
- Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
- Publication Date: 07 Jun 2019
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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With the end of the Cold War and the erosion of the Soviet threat, the United States is reevaluating its defense policy and its acquisition of weapons. James Lebovic shows that, although current military missions are adapted to post-Cold War realities, the self-defeating bias of bureaucrats and military services toward Cold War weaponry is still prevalent. He examines the impact of this bias on the armed services as they assess threat, generate requirements, develop and change weapon concepts, set production rates, and engage in testing. The author asserts that bias compromises service interests and broader military objectives and he offers general policy recommendations to put U.S. weapons acquisition on a more effective track.
