The 2006 QDR--Reality and implementations
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The newly unveiled Pentagon Quadrennial Defense Review (QDR) 2006 stands as a guidepost for future military applications. It is a reflection of bankable knowledge and policy judgments on the defense ministry's response to political, social and economic changes which take place from time to time, identifies threats a nation will be facing in the future and accordingly defines the appropriate size, structure, organization and equipment of the national armed forces.
Publication Name: Military Technology
Subject: Military and naval science
ISSN: 0722-3226
Year: 2006
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US Marine Corps & modernisation attributes
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The U.S. Marine Corps, after the 1999 campaign in Former Yugoslavia, was found to be underutilized and underestimated for current and planned missions, it suffers from isolation from Army and Air Force joint operations and it would make a more vital and flexible response with better equipment match-ups.
Publication Name: Military Technology
Subject: Military and naval science
ISSN: 0722-3226
Year: 2001
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USMC modernisation challenges
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The Commandant of the U.S. Marine Corps, General James L. Jones, says that the main issues of the Defense Acquisition Reform for the Marine Corps is the re-engineering of the current planning, programming and budgeting system.
Publication Name: Military Technology
Subject: Military and naval science
ISSN: 0722-3226
Year: 2001
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