1. Weapons Acquisition Why do we buy the weapons we buy? Threat? Politics? Pork barrel spending?

2. What we hope would happen? Threat Strategy Weapons Goals Technology

3. What we think happens THREAT Technology Weapons Politics

4. Threat Assessment

5. Joint Capabilities Integration and Development System (JCIDS) (Since 2003) National Security Strategy of the USNational Security Strategy of the US, Defense Strategic GuidanceDefense Strategic Guidance,, QDRQDR CJCS: What capabilities are needed? Recommendation to SecDef SecDef: Recommendation to Pres.

6. Buying and Building Weapons PPBE 1. Planning 2. Programming and 3. Budgeting 4. Execution Pres. and Cong. decide what to buy

7. For Big Ticket Items Milestone A — initiates technology maturation and risk reduction. Milestone B — initiates engineering and manufacturing development. Milestone C — initiates production and deployment Funding: reviewed yearly by Pres. and Congress

8. Contractors? F-35: Lockheed MartinLockheed Martin Trident Ohio-Class Submarine: General Dynamics, Electric Boat Division General Dynamics, Electric Boat Division MX ICBM: Boeing; Martin Marietta and Denver Aerospace; Rockwell; Northrop; Thiokol; Aerojet; Hercules; and Rocketdyne B-2 Spirit Stealth Bomber: Northrup GrummanNorthrup Grumman

9. F-22

10. The MX Missile

11. MX Warheads

12. The Threat

13. The Future Threat

14. The Players: Mid-1970s President Ford/Carter SecDef Schlesinger/Rumsfled/Brown OSD USAF JCS Members of Congress

15. MX Multiple Protective Shelters

16. Cluster Based MPS

17. Another View of MPS

18. MX MPS Challenged Then Rejected 1. States 1.Utah, Nevada, Colorado, Kansas, Nebraska 2. Legislation 1.National Environmental Protection Act (1969) 2.Federal Land Policy Management Act (1976) 1. Environmental Impact Statements 3. Reagan

19. 1981: Back to Drawing Board Townes Commission (Executive) OTA, MX Missile Basing, 1981 (Legislative)MX Missile Basing IDEAS: 35 Basing modes considered!!!!

20. 1. Rail Mobile

21. The HO Version

22. 2. Underground Basing

23. Launch of Underground-based MX

24. 3. Submarine-based MX

25. More… 4. Silo-Based 5. Airborne 6. Surface ship launch 7. Closely-Spaced Basing (Dense Pack) 8. Ballistic Missile Defense 9. Launch on warning…

26. New Commission 1983 Scowcroft Commission (President’s Commission on Strategic Forces) Scowcroft Commission Solution 1. MX in Silos 2. Small ICBM (Midgetman): Road Mobile

27. Small ICBM (Midgetman)

28. SICBM-HML

30. Rail-Mobile MX: 1985-1986