Definitions

• consequence management - (DOD Dictionary) Those measures taken to protect public health and safety, restore essential government services, and provide emergency relief to governments, businesses, and individuals affected by the consequences of a chemical, biological, nuclear, and/or high-yield explosive situation. For domestic consequence management, the primary authority rests with the States to respond and the Federal Government to provide assistance as required. Also called CM. See also nuclear, biological, and chemical defense.

• Consequence Management. The deliberate response to the use and effects of a CBRNE incident and the actions required to restore essential operations and services in a permissive environment. (AFDD 2-1.8) (draft) (C-CBRNE pillar) - from the USAF C-CBRNE Master Plan

General References

• The Chemical Weapons Convention: Strategic Implications for the United States (local copy), by Vogel, for Strategic Studies Institute
• The International Legal Ramifications of United States Counter-Proliferation Strategy: Problems and Prospects, by Goldman, for a Newport Paper
• Strategies for Coping with Enemy Weapons of Mass Destruction, by Schneider, in Air Chronicles
• The Impact of NBC Proliferation on Doctrine and Operations, by Joseph, in Joint Force Quarterly, Autumn 1996
• NATO's Response to the Proliferation Challenge (local copy), by Joseph, NDU Strategic Forum paper 66

• Biological and Chemical Terrorism: Strategic Plan for Preparedness and Response (local copy, PDF file), summary of recommendations of the CDC Strategic Planning Workgroup in year 2000 report Preparedness and Response to Biological and Chemical Terrorism: A Strategic Plan

Warfighting

• Joint Warfighting Center & Joint Training Directorate
• Air Land Sea Application Center (ALSA), to develop multiservice tactics, techniques, and procedures
• JWARS -- Joint Warfare System
• Planning for Theater Air Campaigns, RAND summary
• Marine Corps Warfighting Lab (MCWL)
• U.S. Special Operations Unofficial Home Page
• See also Doctrine page, especially Marine MCDPs

Space Operations

• Space Laws/Treaties, many impacting on military operations allowable from space

Tritium Renewal

• 97002: The Department of Energy's Tritium Production Program, Congressional Research Service (CRS) Report, posted by FAS
• Accelerator Production of Tritium (APT) Project, Los Alamos National Lab, for maintaining nuclear stockpile

Battlefield of the Future

• Battlefield of the Future: 21st Century Warfare Issues, by Schneider and Grinter
  • Overview: Introduction to the “Battlefield of the Future”
    • Principles of War for the Battlefield of the Future, by Schneider
  • Overview: New Era Warfare? A Revolution in Military Affairs?
    • New-Era Warfare, by Horner (with special emphasis on missile defense needs)
    • The Revolution in Military Affairs, by McKitrick, Blackwell, Littlepage, Kraus, Blanchfield, and Hill
  • Overview: Future Airpower and Strategy Issues
    • Air Theory for the Twenty-First Century, by Warden
    • Parallel War and Hyperwar: Is Every Want a Weakness?, by Szafranski
  • Overview: Information Warfare Issues
    • Information War - Cyberwar - Netwar, by Stein
    • Information Warfare: Impacts and Concerns, by McLendon
  • Overview: Biological Warfare Issues
    • The Biological Weapon: A Poor Nation’s Weapon of Mass Destruction, by Mayer
    • Twenty-First Century Germ Warfare, by Kadlec
    • Biological Weapons for Waging Economic Warfare, by Kadlec
  • On Twenty-First Century Warfare, by Grinter and Schneider

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