An assessment of Defense Nuclear Agency functions : (Record no. 597049)
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| Standard technical report number | RAND/MR-442-OSD |
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| Original cataloging agency | CstmoR |
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| Classification number | U264.3 |
| Item number | .A87 1994 |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Hundley, Richard O. |
| Relator term | author. |
| 245 13 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | An assessment of Defense Nuclear Agency functions : |
| Remainder of title | pathways toward a new nuclear infrastructure for the nation / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc | [Richard O. Hundley, principal author, C. Bryan Gabbard, study director]. |
| 264 #1 - PRODUCTION, PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, MANUFACTURE STATEMENTS | |
| Place of production, publication, distribution, manufacture | Santa Monica, CA : |
| Name of producer, publisher, distributor, manufacturer | RAND, |
| Date of production, publication, distribution, manufacture | 1994. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | xxvii, 128 pages : |
| Other physical details | illustrations ; |
| Dimensions | 23 cm |
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| Carrier Type Term | online resource |
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| Carrier Type Term | volume |
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| 500 ## - GENERAL NOTE | |
| General note | "RAND National Defense Research Institute." |
| 504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE | |
| Bibliography, etc | Includes bibliographical references (p. 107-128). |
| 505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
| Formatted contents note | Introduction -- The future National Security Environment -- A profile of the Defense Nuclear Agency -- The Congressional options -- The nuclear infrastructure: Addressing the larger issues -- Findings and recommendations -- Appendix: Congress and the Defense Nuclear Agency. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc | This report evaluates options for carrying out functions of the Defense Nuclear Agency (DNA). Options proposed were transferring DNA's functions to individual services and the Advanced Research Project Agency; maintaining DNA as a separate agency tailored to today's security environment; transferring functions to the Department of Energy weapons laboratories; combining any of these options; or reorganizing DNA to reduce costs significantly. The report argues that DNA's functions must be assessed in the framework of the national nuclear infrastructure and identifies three continuing requirements with respect to nuclear weapons: caring for the nuclear stockpile, maintaining a capability to understand and deal with the use of nuclear weapons, and reducing the threat of nuclear weapons. DNA performs these functions and a fourth pertaining to conventional technologies. The report concludes that no single agency could accomplish all DNA's functions without incurring substantial risk. Functions could be spread across services and other agencies, but that approach exacerbates an unwise trend toward fragmentation. No option promises significant cost savings. The larger concern is the national infrastructure, which could be consolidated to counter the effects of fragmentation. |
| 530 ## - ADDITIONAL PHYSICAL FORM AVAILABLE NOTE | |
| Additional physical form available note | Also available on the internet via WWW in PDF format. |
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| -- | Description based on print version record. |
| 610 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--CORPORATE NAME | |
| Corporate name or jurisdiction name as entry element | United States. |
| Subordinate unit | Defense Nuclear Agency |
| General subdivision | Reorganization. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Nuclear weapons |
| General subdivision | Government policy |
| Geographic subdivision | United States. |
| 700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Gabbard, C. Bryan |
| Fuller form of name | (Claybourne Bryan) |
| Relator term | author. |
| 710 2# - ADDED ENTRY--CORPORATE NAME | |
| Corporate name or jurisdiction name as entry element | National Defense Research Institute (U.S.). |
| Subordinate unit | Acquisition and Technology Policy Center. |
| 710 2# - ADDED ENTRY--CORPORATE NAME | |
| Corporate name or jurisdiction name as entry element | Rand Corporation. |
| 710 1# - ADDED ENTRY--CORPORATE NAME | |
| Corporate name or jurisdiction name as entry element | United States. |
| Subordinate unit | Department of Defense. |
| -- | Office of the Secretary of Defense. |
| 856 41 - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS | |
| Link text | Online Access |
| Uniform Resource Identifier | <a href="http://www.rand.org/pubs/monograph_reports/MR442/">http://www.rand.org/pubs/monograph_reports/MR442/</a> |
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