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3. Implementation - continued
Table 4 shows the important enabling capabilities for this area of
focus.
Table 4. Enabling Capabilities for Weapons of Mass
Destruction*
Defeat of hard targets Enhancement of intelligence Neutralize
military advantages Seismic systems to detect nuclear testing
Enhancement of intelligence capabilities Dissuade states from pursuing WMD
programs Chemical and biological weapon detection and control Reduce
incentive for states to embark on WMD programs Reduce willingness/ability
to assist others WMD programs Detection and characterization of WMD force
structure and infrastructure Development of the Factory of the Future for
intermittent manufacturing of nuclear weapons components Analysis and
Evaluation of Arms Control in Non-proliferation Modalities Accounting for
stocks of WMD-related materials and personnel Technologies for producing
essential nuclear weapons materials Enhanced experimental capabilities to
support essential nuclear testing without underground tests Passive and
active defenses to employment of WMDs by adversaries Ensure that the core
scientific cadre in this area remains vital Improved computational
simulation and predictive capabilities for nuclear weapons Conduct
experiments and develop simulation capabilities to resolve stockpile issues
Maintain capability to provide crisis management/conflict resolution
Characterization of regional nuclear, biological and chemical threats
Develop an extensive predictive capability to resolve stockpile issues
Enhance the effectiveness of International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
safeguards Support for implementation of START, Chemical Weapons
Convention, Biological Weapons Convention, the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty,
as well as other control regimes and treaties Persuade states it is in
their interest to cap or roll back existing Weapons of Mass Destruction
programs and capabilities Increase detection, identification and warning
time associated with pursuit of WMD programs
*Not listed in order of importance.
(4.) Science and Technology Program Areas
Table 5 below summarizes the mapping of science and technology program
areas to the NSTC priority areas.
Table 5. Key Science & Technology Program Areas
Key: Area 1: Support Our National Military Strategy, Area 2: S&T
Applications to Post-Cold War Missions, Area 3: Building International
Stability and Preventing Conflict, Area 4: Weapons of Mass Destruction.
Science and Technology Program Areas
DoD Basic Research (6.1) (Areas 1,2,3) Aerial Measuring System
(Areas 1,2,3,4) Aerospace Propulsion and Power (Areas 1,2,3) Air/Space
Vehicles (Areas 1,2,3) Atmospheric Release Advisory Capability (Areas
1,2,4) Battlespace Environments (Area 1) Biomedical (Areas 1,2,4)
Chemical and Biological Defense (Areas 1,2,4) Civil Engineering (Areas
1,2) Clothing, Textiles and Food (Areas 1,2,3) Command, Control,
Communications and Intelligence (Areas 1,2,3,4) Computing and Software
(Areas 1,2,4) Conventional Arms Control (Areas 1,3) Conventional
Weapons (Areas 1,2,3,4) Counter Narcotics (Areas 1,2) Counter Terrorism
(Areas 1,2,4) Directed Energy Weapons (Areas 1,2,4) Electronic Warfare
(Areas 1,2,4) Electronics (Areas 1,4) Environmental Quality (Areas
1,4) Ground Vehicles (Areas 1,2) Humans Systems Interface (Areas
1,2) Manpower, Personnel, and Training (Areas 1,4) Manufacturing
Science and Technology (Areas 1,4) Materials, Processes and Structures
(Areas 1,4) Modeling and Simulation (Areas 1,2,3,4) Nuclear Defense
(Areas 1,4) Nuclear Emergency Search Team (Areas 1,2,4) Nuclear
Stockpile Stewardship (Areas 1,4) Other (Areas 1,2) Sensors (Areas
1,2,3,4) Solving Global Problems (Areas 1,3) Special Applications
(Areas 1,2) Surface/Under Surface Vehicles (Areas 1,2) Technology
Cooperation w/Former Adversaries/Industrial Partnering (Areas 1,3,4)
c. Sample Milestone Chart
Figure 2 summarizes some of the major aggregate-level milestones for
the national security science and technology program. More detailed plans are
available from individual agencies.
Figure 2 Milestone Chart is not all inclusive.
Near Term
Tools and gateways to plan and execute interconnecting classified and
unclassified networks for exercise Demonstrate location-transparent access
to data within wide-area distributed file systems Theater Ballistic Missile
target acquisition and 3-D tracking from Space Near "leak-proof" Ballistic
Missile Defense Ground Based Radar (10x coverage) Demonstrate advanced
distributed simulation among the Services High throughput (155 megabit)
dependable communications demonstrated Reduced weight ballistic protective
vest Detect/neutralize/remove land mines and unexploded ordnance Refine
methods to manage waste from refugee concentrations and mass migrations
Protect and purify water supplies in disaster and refugee situations
Optimize quantity and location of food stockpiles and distribute safely food
for humanitarian emergencies Support CWC and BWC Support conclusion of
verifiable CTBT Enhance HUMINT and MASINT collection and analysis
Shallow hard underground target defeat Transparency and control of foreign
fissile material Capability to purchase and dispose of foreign WMD and
materials as they become available Complete Dual-Axis Radiographic
Hydrotest Facility (DARHT) Increase computing speed and memory by 1,000
times Complete next generation pulsed power facility (ATLAS)
Mid Term
Advanced decision aids seamlessly integrating diverse kinds of
reasoning methods and knowledge Demonstrate high performance distributed
applications exploiting computations and resource sharing dispersed over a wide
area Micro-terrain models and Dynamic Environmental models Demonstrate
fully active ground vehicle suspension Advanced decision aids integrating
diverse reasoning methods and knowledge Joint interoperable multi-media
communications Develop means to improve embargo monitoring Develop
means to improve refugee/migration monitoring Remote detection and
characterization of BW/CW Agents Underground structures detection and
characterization Detection, tracking, control and accountability for
WMD-related materials and personnel Detect, locate and render harmless WMD
in US Passive defenses enabling continued operations Rapid production
of BW vaccines Detection and intercept of stealthy cruise missiles
Mobile target kill Detection and identification of evasively conducted
nuclear tests Reduce cycle time for major nuclear weapons modifications to
24 months
Far Term
Fully integrated HCI collaborative design environment Deployment
of petaop (one thousand teraops) per second processing capability 50%
reduction in Imaging Radar Costs Technology for distributed planning and
scheduling in virtual decision environments Integrated platform electronics
and sensors Battlespace fly-through and automated terrain analysis at small
unit level Disrupt/disable enemy military logistics with minimal
casualties Deploy non-lethal devices for control of hostile crowds
Detect, locate and disarm WMD in the U.S. and abroad Deep hard underground
target defeat Intercept in boost phase Detection of nuclear proliferant
activities prior to test Achieve means of maintaining confidence in
enduring U.S. Nuclear Weapons Stockpile without resorting to underground
testing Develop new Tritium production capability Complete National
Ignition Facility (NIF) Complete move to Factory of the Future Zero-Waste
Plutonium Processing
d. Funding
Table 6 below shows federal agency funding for national security science
and technology.
Table 6. National Security Science & Technology Funding Profile by
Agency ($M)
e. Metrics
The Committee for National Security identified two areas for
application of metrics to assist in tracking the execution of this Strategic
Implementation Plan:
Milestone Achievements
The stewardship of science and technology in the individual agencies
and the agency allocation of resources to science and technology in relation to
total agency budgets.