FAS | Join FAS

Military Analysis e-Prints

This archive includes timely and interesting materials of on topics of current interest. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this archive are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Federation of American Scientists.

Report on the Nuclear Employment Strategy of the United States, Department of Defense, November 2024

2024 Arctic Strategy, Department of Defense, July 2024

Report on the Historical Record of U.S. Government Involvement with Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAP), Department of Defense, volume 1, February 2024

Military and Security Developments Involving the People's Republic of China 2023, Department of Defense Annual Report to Congress, October 19, 2023

Strategy for Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction, Department of Defense, September 2023

Space Policy Review and Strategy on Protection of Satellites, Department of Defense, September 2023

National Defense Science and Technology Strategy, Department of Defense, May 2023

Report on the Legal and Policy Frameworks Guiding the United States' Use of Military Force and Related National Security Operations for 2022 (unclassified version), White House report to Congress, March 2023

Military and Security Developments Involving the People's Republic of China 2022, Department of Defense Annual Report to Congress, November 29, 2022

National Defense Strategy including the 2022 Nuclear Posture Review and the 2022 Missile Defense Review, Department of Defense, October 27, 2022

National Security Strategy, The White House, October 2022

Annual Report on Civilian Casualties In Connection With United States Military Operations in 2021, DoD report to Congress, September 2022

Report on the Legal and Policy Frameworks Guiding the United States' Use of Military Force and Related National Security Operations for 2021, White House report to Congress, April 2022

Report on Countering Extremist Activity Within the Department of Defense, December 2021

Modern War in an Ancient Land: The United States Army in Operation Enduring Freedom, 2001-2014, Volume 1, US Army Center of Military History, 2021 (Volume 2)

Military and Security Developments Involving the People's Republic of China 2021, Department of Defense Annual Report to Congress, November 3, 2021

DoD Climate Risk Analysis, October 2021

Report on the Nuclear Employment Strategy of the United States -- 2020, Department of Defense, November 2020, released October 2021

North Korea Military Power: A Growing Regional and Military Threat, Defense Intelligence Agency, October 2021

DOD Climate Adaptation Plan, September 1, 2021

Annual Report on Civilian Casualties In Connection With United States Military Operations in 2020, DoD report to Congress, June 2021, with addendum, August 2021

Siloed Thinking: A Closer Look at the Ground-Based Strategic Deterrent by Matt Korda, Federation of American Scientists, March 2021

No-First Use of Nuclear Weapons: A Policy Assessment, Institute for Defense Analyses, January 2021

Counter-Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems Strategy, Department of Defense, January 2021

Report to Congress on the Annual Long-Range Plan for Construction of Naval Vessels, Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, December 9, 2020

Report to Armed Services Committees on Screening Individuals Who Seek to Enlist in the Armed Forces, DoD report to Congress, October 2020

Report on the Elements of the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Space Policy, DoD report to Congress, October 19, 2020

Managing Risks of Nuclear Escalation, DoD report to Congress, March 2020

Presidential Decision Time Regarding Nuclear Weapons Employment: An Assessment and Options, William A. Chambers, et al, Institute for Defense Analyses, June 2019

Electromagnetic Spectrum Superiority Strategy, Department of Defense, October 2020

Report on the Legal and Policy Frameworks Guiding the United States' Use of Military Force and Related National Security Operations for 2019, White House report to Congress, October 16, 2020

DoD Data Strategy, Department of Defense, October 2020

Military and Security Developments Involving the People's Republic of China 2020, Department of Defense Annual Report to Congress, September 1, 2020

National Guard Counterdrug Program for FY 2018, report to Congress, February 2020

The Department of the Air Force Arctic Strategy, July 21, 2020

Defense Space Strategy Summary, Department of Defense, June 2020

Annual Report on Civilian Casualties In Connection With United States Military Operations in 2019, DoD report to Congress, May 6, 2020

2019 Report to Congress on Direct Commercial Sales Authorizations to Foreign Countries and International Orgs (Section 655 Report), Department of State, April 2020

Nuclear Matters Handbook 2020, Department of Defense, February 2020

White House Notice to Congress: US Military Action Against Qassem Soleimani, February 14, 2020 (statement of Rep. Engel)

DoD Policy on Landmines cancels PPD-37, Department of Defense, January 31, 2020

Iran Military Power, Defense Intelligence Agency, November 2019

DoD Digital Modernization Strategy, Department of Defense, July 12, 2019

Report on Deployments of US Forces Equipped for Combat, White House Report to Congress, June 2019

Department of Defense Arctic Strategy, DoD Report to Congress, June 2019

Burn Pit Report, DoD Report to Congress, April 2019

Report on Defense Contracting Fraud, DoD report to Congress, December 2018, released May 2019 (previous report from October 2011)

Military and Security Developments Involving the People's Republic of China 2019, Department of Defense Annual Report to Congress, May 2, 2019

DoD Report on Civilian Casualties in Connection With United States Military Operations in 2018, report to Congress, May 2, 2019

DoD Summary of 2018 Financial Audit, report to Congress, March 27, 2019

DoD Fact Sheet on Section 2808 Funding Pool, listing of all unawarded military construction projects as of 31 December 2018, Dept of Defense

FY2017-2019 Military Construction Projects/Programs with Unobligated Balances

Summary of the 2018 Department of Defense Artificial Intelligence Strategy: Harnessing AI to Advance our Security and Prosperity, Department of Defense, February 12, 2019

DoD Report on Civilian Casualty Policy, February 8, 2019

DoD Cloud Strategy, Department of Defense, December 2018

Report on Effects of a Changing Climate to the Department of Defense, DoD report to Congress, January 2019, and Supplement/Update, March 2019

China Military Power, Defense Intelligence Agency, January 2019

Assessment on U.S. Defense Implications of China's Expanding Global Access, DoD report to Congress, January 14, 2019

2019 Missile Defense Review, Department of Defense, January 17, 2019

Understanding the Results of the Audit of the DoD FY 2018 Financial Statements, DoD Inspector General report, January 8, 2019

DoD support to non-contiguous States and territories in response to disasters, threats, and emergencies, report to Congress, n.d. (November 2018)

DoD report to Congress on Status of the U.S. Relationship with the Republic of Turkey (unclassified summary), November 2018, as reported by Bloomberg

Department of Defense Support for Border Security, White House Decision Memorandum, November 20, 2018

Study on the Use of Mobile Nuclear Power Plants for Ground Operations, US Army, October 26, 2018

Providing for the Common Defense: The Assessment and Recommendations of the National Defense Strategy Commission, November 14, 2018

Providing for the Common Defense: A Promise Kept to the American Taxpayer, Department of Defense, September 2018

Military and Security Developments Involving the People's Republic of China 2018, Department of Defense Annual Report to Congress, August 16, 2018

Final Report on Organizational and Management Structure for the National Security Space Components of the Department of Defense, report to Congress, August 9, 2018

Deliver Uncompromised: A Strategy for Supply Chain Security and Resilience in Response to the Changing Character of War, MITRE Corporation, August 2018

Purchases from Foreign Entities in FY2017, DoD report to Congress, June 2018

Digital Engineering Strategy, Department of Defense, June 2018

Report on the Legal and Policy Frameworks Guiding the United States' Use of Military Force and Related National Security Operations for 2018, White House report to Congress, March 2018

Joint Concept for Operating in the Information Environment, Joint Chiefs of Staff, Draft Version 0.90, 1 December 2017

DoD Report on Civilian Casualties in Connection With United States Military Operations in 2017, report to Congress, June 1, 2018

Missile Defense: The Warfighter and Decision Makers Would Benefit from Better Communication about the System's Capabilities and Limitations, GAO report GAO-18-324, May 2018

Interim Report on Organizational and Management Structure for the National Security Space Components of the Department of Defense, DoD report to Congress, March 2018

A Sourcebook on the Israeli Strike in Syria, 6 September 2007 by Allen Thomson, updated September 8, 2018 [Note: This file may contain classified information obtained in the public domain.]

Report on the Legal and Policy Frameworks Guiding the United States' Use of Military Force and Related National Security Operations, White House report to Congress, March 12, 2018

Addendum to SIGAR's January 2018 Quarterly Report to the United States Congress, releasing previously restricted material, February 2018

Analytical Support for the Joint Chiefs of Staff: the WSEG Experience, 1948-1976, Institute for Defense Analyses, July 1979

2018 National Defense Strategy of the United States of America, unclassified summary, January 2018

National Security Strategy of the United States of America, The White House, December 2017

DoD Policy on Cluster Munitions, Department of Defense, November 30, 2017

Department of Defense Infrastructure Capacity, DoD report to Congress, October 2017

Cost of War Through June 30, 2017, Department of Defense, October 2017

Russia Military Power, Defense Intelligence Agency, June 2017

Purchases from Foreign Entities in FY2016, DoD report to Congress, June 2017

Declaratory Policy, Concept of Operations, and Employment Guidelines for Left-of-Launch Capability, DoD Report to Congress, May 10, 2017 (Daily Beast)

FY 2016 Report on the Military Power of Iran (unclassified summary), US Department of Defense, January 2017

On The Export Control Of High Speed Imaging For Nuclear Weapons Applications by Scott A. Watson and Michael R. Altherr, Los Alamos National Laboratory, September 15, 2017

KC-46A Tanker Modernization As of FY 2018 President's Budget, Selected Acquisition Report, December 2016

F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) Program (F-35) As of FY 2018 President's Budget, Selected Acquisition Report, December 2016

The Role of Federal Military Forces in Domestoc Disorders, 1945-1992 by Paul J. Scheips, US Army Center of Military History, 2005

Trends in Nuclear Explosion Monitoring Research & Development -- A Physics Perspective, Los Alamos National Laboratory, LA-UR-17-21274, June 2017

Military and Security Developments Involving the People's Republic of China 2017, Department of Defense Annual Report to Congress, June 6, 2017

Principles for Reforming the Military Selective Service Process, White House report to Congress, April 4, 2017

Rethinking the drone war: national security, legitimacy, and civilian casualties in U.S. counterterrorism operations by Larry Lewis, Diane Vavrichek, CNA, Marine Corps University Press, 2016

Report on the Legal and Policy Frameworks Guiding the United States' Use of Military Force and Related National Security Operations, The White House, December 5, 2016

Supplemental War Power Act Report on Deployment of U.S. Forces in Combat, The White House, December 5, 2016

Legal Basis for U.S. Detention Policy, interagency report to Congress, April 12, 2012

Presidential Succession and the Authority to Release Nuclear Weapons by Laurence J. Legere and Judith E. Corson, Institute for Defense Analyses, August 1969

Review of the U.S.-U.K. Warhead Monitored Dismantlement Exercise by Danielle Kristin Hauck and Iain Russell, Los Alamos National Laboratory, August 4, 2016

The Joint Operating Environment (JOE) 2035: The Joint Force in a Contested and Disordered World, Joint Chiefs of Staff, 14 July 2016

Purchases from Foreign Entities in FY2015, DoD report to Congress, June 2016

Selected Acquisition Report: CVN 78 Gerald R. Ford Class Nuclear Aircraft Carrier (CVN 78), Department of Defense, December 2016

Selected Acquisition Report for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter Aircraft, Department of Defense, 2016 (reported in Bloomberg News)

2017 Defense Posture Statement, U.S. Department of Defense, February 2016

Force Structure and Force Design Updates, Army G3/5/7 briefing, August 2015

Plan for Closing the Guantanamo Bay Detention Facility, DoD report to Congress, February 23, 2016

Report of the National Commission on the Future of the Army, report to the President and the Congress of the United States, January 28, 2016

Space Domain Mission Assurance: A Resilience Taxonomy, A White Paper, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Homeland Defense & Global Security, September 2015

Report to Congress on Sizable Reduction in US Army Forces, July 2015

DoD Fiscal Year 2014 Inventory of Contracted Services, report to Congress, August 2015

National Security Implications of Climate-Related Risks and a Changing Climate, Department of Defense, July 23, 2015

The National Military Strategy of the United States of America 2015, Department of Defense, June 2015

2014 Climate Change Adaptation Roadmap, Department of Defense, May 2015

Fiscal Year 2014 Annual Report on Military Power of Iran (Executive Summary), Department of Defense, January 2015

Military and Security Developments Involving the People's Republic of China 2015, Department of Defense Annual Report to Congress, May 8, 2015

Army Force Structure, report to Congress from the Department of the Army, March 2015

Department of Defense Systems Engineering: FY 2014 Annual Report, DoD report to Congress, March 2015

National Security Strategy, The White House, February 2015

Global Positioning System Constellation Replenishment, US Air Force Report to Congress, February 2015

The Government of Islamic Republic of Afghanistan's Controls Over the Contract Management Process for U.S. Direct Assistance Need Improvement, DoD Inspector General, February 26, 2015

Quarterly Report of the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction, January 30, 2015 (with Supplement based on declassified data, March 2015)

A Dossier Pertaining to a der Spiegel Report of a New Nuclear Site in Syria by Allen Thomson, updated April 24, 2015

Gas Centrifuge Technology: Proliferation Concerns and International Safeguards by Brian D. Boyer, Los Alamos National Laboratory, November 7, 2014

The Army Needs to Improve the Processes for Reporting Inventory Losses in Afghanistan, DoD Inspector General report, October 30, 2014

Air Force Did Not Justify the Need for MQ-9 Reaper Procurement Quantities, DoD Inspector General report, September 30, 2014 (with Air Force response reported by Tony Capaccio, Bloomberg News, October 7, 2014)

A Sourcebook on Allegations of Cooperation between Myanmar (Burma) and North Korea on Nuclear Projects by Allen Thomson, updated September 22, 2014 [Note: This file may contain classified information obtained in the public domain.]

Appearance of Apparent Antiship Missile Targets in Gobi Test Areas during 2013 by Allen Thomson, September 15, 2014

Special Operations Forces: DOD's Report to Congress Generally Addressed the Statutory Requirements but Lacks Detail, Government Accountability Office Report GAO-14-820R, September 8, 2014

Report to Congress on Joint Strategy for Readiness and Training in a C4ISR-Denied Environment, Department of Defense, February 2014

Operationalizing Counter / Anti-Corruption Study, Joint and Coalition Operational Analysis (JCOA), February 28, 2014

Impact of Government Shutdown on Military Services, and Excepted Operations, SDDC-PP Scott AFB, October 3, 2013

Determination of FY 2014 USMC Excepted Activities, Secretary of the Navy memorandum, October 2, 2013

Report on the Alleged Use of Chemical Weapons in the Ghouta Area of Damascus on 21 August 2013, United Nations Mission to Investigate Allegations of the Use of Chemical Weapons in the Syrian Arab Republic, September 16, 2013

U.S. Government Assessment of the Syrian Government's Use of Chemical Weapons on August 21, 2013, The White House, August 30, 2013

Report on Nuclear Employment Strategy of the United States Specified in Section 491 of 10 U.S.C., U.S. Department of Defense, June 2013

Military and Security Developments Involving the People's Republic of China 2013, Department of Defense Annual Report to Congress, May 6, 2013

Olfaction Warfare: Odor as Sword and Shield by by Elmar Schmeisser, Kimberly A. Pollard, and Tomasz Letowski, Army Research Laboratory, March 2013

Department of Defense Developmental Test and Evaluation FY 2012 Annual Report, March 2013

Strategy for Homeland Defense and Defense Support of Civil Authorities, Department of Defense, February 2013

A Dossier on the Pave Paws Radar Installation on Leshan, Taiwan by Allen Thomson, March 8, 2013

Countering Improvised Explosive Devices, The White House, February 2013

State Department Accountability Review Board Report on Attack on U.S. Facilities in Benghazi, Libya, December 2012

Report on Mutual Assured Stability: Essential Components and Near Term Actions, International Security Advisory Board, August 14, 2012

Report of the Somalia and Eritrea Monitoring Group, United Nations, 2012 (reported in The Daily Beast, July 24, 2012)

FY 2012 SECDEF Efficiency Initiatives Reports, U.S. Department of Defense report to Congress, June 2012

Annual Report on Military Power of Iran, U.S. Department of Defense report to Congress, April 2012

Risk Assessment of United States Space Export Control Policy, DoD and State Dept Report to Congress under Section 1248 of the FY2010 National Defense Authorization Act, April 18, 2012

Sustaining U.S. Global Leadership: Priorities for 21st Century Defense, defense strategic guidance, January 2012

Sea-Based X-Band Radar (SBX) Sourcebook, Volume II by Allen Thomson, updated May 13, 2012

Department of Defense Strategy for Operating in Cyberspace, released July 14, 2011

A Sourcebook on an American Forward-Based Missile Defense Radar in the Caucasus by Allen Thomson, updated July 13, 2011

National Strategy for Counterterrorism, The White House, June 2011

The Nuclear Matters Handbook 2011 (Expanded Edition), Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Nuclear, Chemical, and Biological Defense Programs, June 2011

US Activities in Libya, White House report to Congress, June 15, 2011

Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) Selected Acquisition Report, as of December 31, 2010, April 2011

F-35 Selected Acquisition Report, as of December 31, 2010, April 2011

Report on Afghanistan and Pakistan, March 2011, White House Report to Congress

Libya Contingency Operations Execute Order, March 2011

Progress Toward Security and Stability in Afghanistan, Report to Congress, November 2010

White House Report on Afghanistan and Pakistan, report to Congress, September 30, 2010

DoD Plan for Operationally Responsive Space, report to Congress, April 17, 2017

Studies of Military R&D and Weapons Development by Milton Leitenberg, 1984

Global Deployments of U.S. Armed Forces, Report to Congress from President Obama Consistent with the War Powers Resolution, June 16, 2010

National Security Strategy, The White House, May 2010

An Analysis of U.S. Army Fratricide Incidents during the Global War on Terror (11 September 2001 to 31 March 2008) by Catherine M. Webb and Kate J. Hewett, U.S. Army Aeromedical Research Laboratory, March 2010

Military Power of Iran, Report to Congress from the Secretary of Defense, April 2010

German Submarine Activities on the Atlantic Coast of the United States and Canada, Department of the Navy, 1920

Biometrics Task Force Annual Report FY09, December 009

Interagency Strategy for Public Diplomacy and Strategic Communication, White House Report to Congress, March 2010

The Joint Operating Environment (JOE) 2010, U.S. Joint Forces Command, March 2010

Transitions in Iraq: Changing Environment, Changing Organizations, Changing Leadership (Redacted), Joint Center for Operational Analysis, 21 July 2006 (released 3 March 2010)

Economic Consequences of a Rad/Nuc Attack: Cleanup Standards Significantly Affect Cost by Barbara Reichmuth, Steve Short, Tom Wood, Fred Rutz, Debbie Schwartz, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, PNNL-SA-45256, April 2005

Different Worlds: Unacknowledged Special Operations and Covert Action by Col. Richard C. Gross, U.S. Army War College, March 30, 2009

Ending the Debate: Unconventional Warfare, Foreign Internal Defense, and Why Words Matter by MAJ D. Jones, U.S. Army Command and General Staff College, 2006

Leveraging Operational Preparation of the Environment in the GWOT by MAJ Michael T. Kenny, U.S. Army Command and General Staff College, 2006

Combating Terrorism With Preparation of the Battlespace by Michael S. Respass, U.S. Army War College, 2003

Agreement for Cooperation Between the Government of the United States and the Government of the United Arab Emirates concerning peaceful uses of nuclear energy, transmitted to Congress on May 21, 2009

Breaking the Yardstick: The Dangers of Market-based Governance (on the decline of Department of Defense laboratories) by Don DeYoung, Joint Forces Quarterly, issue 55, 4th quarter, 2009

U.S. Government Counterinsurgency Guide, United States Government Interagency Counterinsurgency Initiative, January 2009

The Joint Operating Environment (JOE) 2008: Challenges and Implications for the Future Joint Force, United States Joint Forces Command, November 25, 2008

Hamas and Israel: Conflicting Strategies of Group-Based Politics by Sherifa Zuhur, U.S. Army Strategic Studies Institute, December 2008

Improvised Explosive Devices: Booklet of Related Readings, prepared by the Federal Research Division, Library of Congress, May 20, 2008

The Role of Medical Diplomacy in Stabilizing Afghanistan by Donald F. Thompson, Defense Horizons, May 2008

Interim Report on Interagency National Personnel Recovery Architecture, Institute for Defense Analyses, July 2003

Department of Defense Nonlethal Weapons and Equipment Review: A Research Guide for Civil Law Enforcement and Corrections, National Institute of Justice, U.S. Department of Justice, 2004

European GMD Mission Test Concept, DoD Operational Test & Evaluation Report to Congress, October 1, 2007 (courtesy of Associated Press)

Sea-Based X-Band Radar (SBX) Sourcebook by Allen Thomson, updated July 2007 (24 MB PDF)

The Strategic Implications of Sensitive Site Exploitation by Col. Thomas S. Vandal, National Defense University, 2003

Managing Sensitive Site Exploitation -- Notes from Operation Iraqi Freedom by Major Pete Lofy, 2003

Sourcebook on the Light-Initiated High Explosives Facility at Sandia National Laboratories by Allen Thomson, January 2007

Trip Report: A Visit to JTF Guantanamo by Gen. Barry McCaffrey, June 28, 2006

Small Arms Defense Against Air Attack, US Army Air Defense Artillery School, May 2006

Interdisciplinary Research Project to Explore the Potential for Developing Non-Lethal Weapons Based on Radiofrequency/Microwave Bioeffects by Gale L. Craviso and Indira Chatterjee, University of Nevada, January 31, 2006

A Study Examining Photovoltaic (PV) Solar Power as an Alternative for the Rebuilding of the Iraqi Electrical Power Generation Infrastructure by Curtis Austin, Ralph Borja, and Jeffery Phillips, Naval Postgraduate School, June 2005 (2.5 MB PDF file)

Strategic Deterrence Joint Operating Concept, Department of Defense, February 2004

Special Operations Forces

From Bosnia to Baghdad: The Evolution of U.S. Army Special Forces from 1995 - 2004 by Armando J. Ramirez, Navy Postgraduate School Master's Thesis, September 2004

Transformation: A Bold Case for Unconventional Warfare by Steven P. Basilici and Jeremy Simmons, Navy Postgraduate School Master's Thesis, June 2004

No Shirt, No Shoes, No Status: Uniforms, Distinction, and Special Operations in International Armed Conflict by Major William H. Ferrell, III, Military Law Review, Vol. 178, Winter 2003

International Military Education and Multinational Military Cooperation by Charles Moskos, U.S. Army Research Institute for the Behavioral and Social Sciences, January 2004 (1.5 MB PDF file)

Nontraditional Uniforms Do Accord Prisoner of War Status for Special Operations Forces by Robert James Drone, Master's Thesis, George Washington University School of Law, August 31, 2003 (2.7 MB PDF file)

Guerrilla Warfare Tactics in Urban Environments by Patrick D. Marques, MAJ, USA, Master's Thesis, Fort Leavenworth, KS, 2003

How Can the U.S. Army Overcome Intelligence Sharing Challenges Between Conventional and Special Operations Forces? by Maj. Michele H Bredenkamp, US Army School of Advanced Military Studies, May 2003

Guantanamo Bay Detainees: National Security or Civil Liberties by Pamela M. von Ness, US Army War College, Carlisle Barracks, PA, April 2003

Transformation of Special Operations: Reducing Joint Friction by John R. Basehart, US Army War College, Carlisle Barracks, PA, April 2003

The Army Special Operations Forces Role in Force Projection by Colonel Jack C. Zeigler Jr., US Army War College, Carlisle Barracks, PA, April 2003

Should the Marine Corps Expand Its Role in Special Operations? by Lt.Col. Mark A. Clark, USMC, US Army War College, Carlisle Barracks, PA, April 2003

All Necessary Means" -- Employing CIA Operatives in a Warfighting Role Alongside Special Operations Forces by Colonel Kathryn Stone, US Army War College, April 7, 2003

Honing the Tip of the Spear: Developing an Operational-Level Intelligence Preparation of the Battlefield for Special Operations Forces by Maj. Peter J. Don, USA, Naval War College, February 2003

Command and Control of Special Operations Forces for 21st Century Contingency Operations by Maj. Denis P. Doty, USAF, Naval War College, February 2003

FAS | Join FAS

https://man.fas.org/eprint/
Created by John Pike
Maintained by Steven Aftergood
Updated March 8, 2024