03254cam a2200409 i 4500 rnd000000000093932 RAND 940831s1994 caua b 000 0 eng d 0833015451 RAND/MR-442-OSD (Sirsi) a363336 $15.00 CstmoR CstmoR n-us--- U264.3 .A87 1994 Hundley, Richard O. author. An assessment of Defense Nuclear Agency functions : pathways toward a new nuclear infrastructure for the nation / [Richard O. Hundley, principal author, C. Bryan Gabbard, study director]. Santa Monica, CA : RAND, 1994. xxvii, 128 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia unmediated n rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier volume nc rdacarrier "RAND National Defense Research Institute." Includes bibliographical references (p. 107-128). 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. 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. Also available on the internet via WWW in PDF format. Description based on print version record. United States. Defense Nuclear Agency Reorganization. Nuclear weapons Government policy United States. Gabbard, C. Bryan (Claybourne Bryan) author. National Defense Research Institute (U.S.). Acquisition and Technology Policy Center. Rand Corporation. United States. Department of Defense. Office of the Secretary of Defense. Online Access http://www.rand.org/pubs/monograph_reports/MR442/ 597049 597049