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027 _aRAND/MR-1649-AF
035 _a(Sirsi) a436470
037 _c$24.00
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050 0 0 _aUG1523
_b.L35 2003
100 1 _aLambeth, Benjamin S.
_eauthor.
245 1 0 _aMastering the ultimate high ground :
_bnext steps in the military uses of space /
_cBenjamin S. Lambeth.
264 1 _aSanta Monica, CA :
_bRAND,
_c2003.
300 _axviii, 193 pages ;
_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"Project Air Force."
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 181-193).
505 0 _aIntroduction -- The Air Force's Struggle for Space -- Air and Space Versus "Aerospace" -- The Space Commission and Its Impact -- On Space Control and Space Force Application -- The Road Ahead.
520 _aThe author assesses the military space challenges that face the Air Force and the nation in light of the findings and recommendations of the congressionally mandated Space Commission, released in January 2001. After reviewing the main milestones in the Air Force's involvement in space since its creation as an independent service in 1947, he examines the circumstances that occasioned the Space Commission's creation, as well as the conceptual and organizational roadblocks that have impeded a more rapid growth of U.S. military space capability. He concludes that the Air Force faces five basic challenges with respect to space: continuing the operational integration of space with the three terrestrial warfighting mediums while ensuring the organizational differentiation of space from Air Force air; effectively wielding its newly granted military space executive-agent status; realizing a transparent DoD-wide budget category for space; showing progress toward fielding a meaningful space control capability while decoupling that progress from any perceived taint of force-application involvement; and making further progress toward developing and nurturing a cadre of skilled space professionals within the Air Force.
530 _aAlso available on the internet via WWW in PDF format.
610 1 0 _aUnited States.
_bAir Force
_xPlanning.
650 0 _aAstronautics and state
_zUnited States.
650 0 _aAstronautics, Military
_zUnited States.
651 0 _aUnited States
_xMilitary policy.
710 2 _aRand Corporation.
710 2 _aProject Air Force (U.S.).
_bStrategy and Doctrine Program.
710 1 _aUnited States.
_bAir Force.
856 4 1 _yOnline Access
_uhttp://www.rand.org/publications/MR/MR1649/
999 _c598823
_d598823