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050	0	0	_aU264.3 _b.A87 1994
100	1		_aHundley, Richard O. _eauthor.
245	1	3	_aAn 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].
264		1	_aSanta Monica, CA : _bRAND, _c1994.
300			_axxvii, 128 pages : _billustrations ; _c23 cm
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
500			_a"RAND National Defense Research Institute."
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 107-128).
505	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.
520			_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.
530			_aAlso available on the internet via WWW in PDF format.
588			_aDescription based on print version record.
610	1	0	_aUnited States. _bDefense Nuclear Agency _xReorganization.
650		0	_aNuclear weapons _xGovernment policy _zUnited States.
700	1		_aGabbard, C. Bryan _q(Claybourne Bryan) _eauthor.
710	2		_aNational Defense Research Institute (U.S.). _bAcquisition and Technology Policy Center.
710	2		_aRand Corporation.
710	1		_aUnited States. _bDepartment of Defense. _bOffice of the Secretary of Defense.
856	4	1	_yOnline Access _uhttp://www.rand.org/pubs/monograph_reports/MR442/
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