War Winning

<p>In February 2000 the NDU QDR 01 Working Group concluded an in-depth background study of the future security environment. In comparing and analyzing over thirty significant future estimates forecasts and scenarios there became apparent a general consensus among prominent civil-military thought on the character of the future. It is postulated that during the next 25 years the United States will be challenged by a regional competitor or rogue state who will use anti-access and area denial strategies. US military operations overseas will be conducted in urban terrain and under increasingly chaotic conditions while back in the continental United States we can expect attempts to attack our homeland by asymmetric means. Advanced military technology will become more diffuse allowing significant tactical intelligence to become more commercially available. Large-scale land combat is likely to include the use of weapons of mass destruction and control of the air and seas will be challenged. Space will become increasingly more vulnerable and not proprietary to the United States while information warfare will rise to become a significant tool of war shattering traditional definitions of targets and effects. As we prepare for the future we foresee the need to hedge against an eventual military near-peer competitor as well as against potential alliances by regional competitors. It is also possible a collapse of a key ally or regional support could occur bringing about our inevitable involvement.</p><p>This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore you will see the original copyright references library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world) and other notations in the work.</p><p>This work is in the public domain in the United States of America and possibly other nations. Within the United States you may freely copy and distribute this work as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.</p><p>As a reproduction of a historical artifact this work may contain missing or blurred pages poor pictures errant marks etc. Scholars believe and we concur that this work is important enough to be preserved reproduced and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.</p>