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U.S. Conventional Prompt Global Strike: Issues for 2008 and Beyond
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Summary of Committee Meeting Agendas
The Committee on Conventional Prompt Global Strike Capability first convened in February 2007 and held additional meetings and site visits over a period of 8 months, as summarized below:
February 22-23, 2007, in Washington, D.C. First full committee meeting: Briefings on policy, requirements, supporting enablers, and technology plans for conventional prompt global strike from the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy; U.S. Strategic Command; Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics; U.S. Navy Strategic Systems Programs; U.S. Air Force Space Command; and Defense Intelligence Agency.
March 15, 2007, in Washington, D.C. First subcommittee meeting (a makeup of the first full committee meeting for members not in attendance): Briefings on policy, requirements, supporting enablers, and technology plans for conventional prompt global strike from the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy; U.S. Strategic Command; Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics; U.S. Navy Strategic Systems Programs; and U.S. Air Force Space Command.
March 16, 2007, in Washington, D.C. Second subcommittee meeting: Briefings on intelligence capabilities for conventional prompt global strike from the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy and U.S. Strategic Command.
March 22-23, 2007, in Washington, D.C. Second full committee meeting: Briefings on short-, mid-, and long-term options for conventional prompt global strike, as well as policy and technical concerns associated with each, from congressional staff, U.S. Senate Defense Appropriations Subcommittee; Congres-
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U.S. Conventional Prompt Global Strike: Issues for 2008 and Beyond
sional Research Service; U.S. Strategic Command; U.S. Air Force Space Command; U.S. Navy Strategic Systems Programs; Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy; and U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Technical Center. In addition, Dr. Pavel Podvig, Center for International Security and Cooperation, Stanford University; Dr. Theodore Postol, Security Studies Program, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; and Dr. Jeffrey Lewis, New America Foundation, provided in a data-gathering session open to the public their views on international security, arms control, and technical issues related to conventional prompt global strike.
May 10-11, 2007, in Washington, D.C. Third full committee meeting: Briefings on deterrence aspects, treaty implications, policy and operational perspectives, and geospatial intelligence from the Department of Defense, Department of State, and National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.
June 12-13, 2007, in San Diego, California. Fourth full committee meeting: Briefings on requirements and doctrine, military unity, and submarine operations from the Defense Threat Reduction Agency, Department of Defense, U.S. Strategic Command, and U.S. Pacific Fleet.
July 14-15, 2007, in San Diego, California. Fifth full committee meeting: Briefings on the Conventional Trident Modification and weapon-on-target effectiveness from the U.S. Strategic Command, U.S. Air Force, U.S. Navy, Defense Threat Reduction Agency, Sandia National Laboratories, and Office of the Secretary of Defense.
August 9-10, 2007, in Washington, D.C. Sixth full committee meeting: Briefings from the Department of Defense on scenarios for conventional prompt global strike and briefings from industry (Alliant Techsystems, Boeing Company, Lockheed Martin Corporation, Northrop Grumman Mission Systems, and Raytheon Corporation) on potential conventional prompt global strike alternatives.
September 17-21, 2007, in Irvine, California. Seventh full committee meeting: Committee deliberations and report drafting.