Books written by David T. Orletsky
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Defense Planning in a Decade of Change: Lessons from the Base Force, Bottom-up Review, and Quadrennial Defense Review
The report focuses on the assumptions, decisions, and outcomes associated with these reviews as well as the planning and execution of each.
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The Stryker Brigade Combat Team: Rethinking Strategic Responsiveness and Assessing Deployment Options
Thereafter, Allied forces advanced against little resistance until early September, when they came to the end of their logistical tether. The road distance for Cherbourg-Paris-Metz is about 620 km. British forces entered Antwerp on ...
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Meeting U. S. Coast Guard Airpower Needs: Assessing the Options
Researchers assessed what airpower fleet mixes could best posture the U.S. Coast Guard to execute its various missions globally to meet future operational requirements. This report provides their findings and recommendations.
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Evaluating Future Trends in Support of the Air Force Strategic Environment Assessment: Discussion and Results from a Structured Workshop
This report presents the results of a fiscal year 2016 RAND Project AIR FORCE add-on project to generate a range of future projections to assist Air Force strategic planning in developing the Air Force Strategic Environment Assessment.
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Dire Strait?: Military Aspects of the China-Taiwan Confrontation and Options for U.S. Policy
Among the hottest flashpoints in the world today, the Taiwan Strait cannot be ignored by U.S. policymakers and diplomats.
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Enhancing Air Power's Contribution Against Light Infantry Targets
Explores strategies for making USAF more effective against light infantry opponents.
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Supporting Combat Power Projection Away from Fixed Infrastructure
Faced with the challenge of deterring and defeating aggression by the kinds of highly capable adversaries highlighted in the 2018 National Defense Strategy, the U.S. Air Force (USAF) is exploring alternative weapon systems and concepts of ...