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INTRODUCTION AND BACKGROUND
Pages 5-9

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... In August 1990, in an address in Aspen, Colorado, President Bush announced a new, regionally oriented national defense strategy that embodied four key elements: strategic deterrence and defense, forward presence, crisis response, and reconstitution. The disposition of nuclear weapons and delivery systems within the CIS and the proliferation of this technology to Third World countries remain uncertain and have prompted the need to maintain strong nuclear deterrent and defensive capabilities, including warning systems.
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... The results of this task are available in a separate report, entitled Space Support to Naval Tactical Operations,3 and provide specific recommendations for intelligence systems, weapon support, and coordination for precision strike against critical moving and stationary targets; and surveillance, target identification, and battle damage assessment from airborne and space platforms. The second task given to the Space Panel focused on naval communications.
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... This report contains the results of the Task 2 study team effort that addressed these specific subjects. 1.3 APPROACH 1.3.1 Naval Communications and Scope of the Study Naval communications capabilities have evolved over the past several decades to use selected frequency bands over a wide portion of the electromagnetic spectrum, from extremely low frequencies (ELF)
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... TASK1 CURRENT & PLANNED CAPABILITIES POTENTIAL NEW CAPABILITIES & TECHNOLOGY OPPORTUNITIES GOAL ARCHITECTURE 1 -* OPERATIONAL CAPABILITIES ENABLED ~r ^ COPERNICUS/CSS & TECHNOLOGY IMPACTS t >' RECOMMENDATIONS TASK1 T NAVY FIGURE 1.1 Study methodology to develop a goal naval communications architecture.
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... These comparisons led to a series of specific recommendations to the Navy for consideration in developing satellite communications systems for the global power projection mission. 1.3.3 Glossary of Terms In the course of this study, it was necessary to develop a satellite communications systems taxonomy to ensure uniform use of terms among all study participants.
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  • space communications
  • national military
  • power projection
  • naval operations

  • satellite communications
  • communications capabilities
  • global power
  • space panel
  • current navy

  • evaluate current
  • military strategy
  • frequency bands
  • goal naval
  • naval forces

  • naval tactical
  • navy communications
  • navy space
  • future global
  • expanded strike

  • global conflicts
  • third world
  • information exchange
  • strike operations
  • defense strategy

  • forces operating
  • battle damage
  • forward presence
  • damage assessment
  • joint chiefs


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