03254cam a2200409 i 4500001001900000003000500019008004100024020001500065027002000080035002000100037001100120040001900131043001200150050002200162100003300184245019400217264003700411300004700448336002600495337002600521337002800547338003600575338002700611500004800638504005400686505027900740520129201019530005802311588004702369610006002416650005502476700005102531710009102582710002202673710008002695856006902775rnd000000000093932RAND940831s1994    caua     b    000 0 eng d  a0833015451  aRAND/MR-442-OSD  a(Sirsi) a363336  c$15.00  aCstmoRcCstmoR  an-us---00aU264.3b.A87 19941 aHundley, Richard O.eauthor.13aAn assessment of Defense Nuclear Agency functions :bpathways toward a new nuclear infrastructure for the nation /c[Richard O. Hundley, principal author, C. Bryan Gabbard, study director]. 1aSanta Monica, CA :bRAND,c1994.  axxvii, 128 pages :billustrations ;c23 cm  atextbtxt2rdacontent  acomputerbc2rdamedia  aunmediatedbn2rdamedia  aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier  avolumebnc2rdacarrier  a"RAND National Defense Research Institute."  aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 107-128).0 aIntroduction -- 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.  aThis 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.  aAlso available on the internet via WWW in PDF format.  aDescription based on print version record.10aUnited States.bDefense Nuclear AgencyxReorganization. 0aNuclear weaponsxGovernment policyzUnited States.1 aGabbard, C. Bryanq(Claybourne Bryan)eauthor.2 aNational Defense Research Institute (U.S.).bAcquisition and Technology Policy Center.2 aRand Corporation.1 aUnited States.bDepartment of Defense.bOffice of the Secretary of Defense.41yOnline Accessuhttp://www.rand.org/pubs/monograph_reports/MR442/