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Designing A Strange Game: A Nuclear Wargame for the 21st Century 2023
America's 5G Era: Gaining Competitive Advantages While Securing the Country and Its People 2021
Analyzing a More Resilient National Positioning, Navigation, and Timing Capability 2021
An Experiment in Tactical Wargaming with Platforms Enabled by Artificial Intelligence 2020
Evaluating Future Trends in Support of the Air Force Strategic Environment Assessment: Discussion and Results from a Structured Workshop 2019
Exploring the Role Nuclear Weapons Could Play in Deterring Russian Threats to the Baltic States 2019
Adaptation by Intelligent Adversaries to Defensive Measures: Framing Adaptation Options and Demonstrating Assessment of Attacker Preferences Using Proxy Intelligence Data 2018
Realigning the Stars: A Methodology for Reviewing Active Component General and Flag Officer Requirements 2018
Air Defense Options for Taiwan: An Assessment of Relative Costs and Operational Benefits 2016
Chinese Attacks on U.S. Air Bases in Asia: An Assessment of Relative Capabilities, 1996–2017 2015
Chinese Threats to U.S. Surface Ships: An Assessment of Relative Capabilities, 1996–2017 2015
Tallying the U.S.-China Military Scorecard: Relative Capabilities and the Evolving Balance of Power, 1996–2017 2015
U.S. and Chinese Air Superiority Capabilities: An Assessment of Relative Advantage, 1996–2017 2015
The U.S.-China Military Scorecard: Forces, Geography, and the Evolving Balance of Power, 1996–2017 2015
Overseas Basing of U.S. Military Forces: An Assessment of Relative Costs and Strategic Benefits 2013
U.S. Overseas Military Posture: Relative Costs and Strategic Benefits 2013
Efficient Aviation Security: Strengthening the Analytic Foundation for Making Air Transportation Security Decisions 2012
Should Global Force Management Information Be Classified? 2010
What Should Be Classified? A Framework with Application to the Global Force Management Data Initiative 2010
Emerging Threats and Security Planning: How Should We Decide What Hypothetical Threats to Worry About? 2009
Underkill: Scalable Capabilities for Military Operations amid Populations 2009
Understanding Why Terrorist Operations Succeed or Fail 2009
Countering Insurgency in the Muslim World: Rethinking U.S. Priorities and Capabilities 2008
Evaluating Novel Threats to the Homeland: Unmanned Aerial Vehicles and Cruise Missiles 2008
War by Other Means -- Building Complete and Balanced Capabilities for Counterinsurgency: RAND Counterinsurgency Study -- Final Report 2008
Benefits and Barriers: Using and Sharing Geospatial Information in the Department of Defense 2007
Byting Back -- Regaining Information Superiority Against 21st-Century Insurgents: RAND Counterinsurgency Study -- Volume 1 2007
Installation Mapping Enables Many Missions: The Benefits of and Barriers to Sharing Geospatial Data Assets 2007
Network Technologies for Networked Terrorists: Assessing the Value of Information and Communication Technologies to Modern Terrorist Organizations 2007
Rifling Through the Terrorists' Arsenal: Exploring Groups' Weapon Choices and Technology Strategies 2007
Stealing the Sword: Limiting Terrorist Use of Advanced Conventional Weapons 2007
Chinese Responses to U.S. Military Transformation and Implications for the Department of Defense 2006
America's Publicly Available Geospatial Information: Does It Pose a Homeland Security Risk? 2004
Mapping the Risks: Assessing the Homeland Security Implications of Publicly Available Geospatial Information 2004
Aerospace Operations in Urban Environments: Exploring New Concepts 2002
U.S. Commercial Remote Sensing Satellite Industry: An Analysis of Risks 2001
The Earth Below: Purchasing Science Data and the Role of Public-Private Partnership 2000
Employing Commercial Satellite Communications: Wideband Investment Options for the Department of Defense 2000
Scaffolding the New Web: Standards and Standards Policy for the Digital Economy 2000
Remote Sensing Operational Capabilities: Final Report 1999
Proliferated Autonomous Weapons: An Example of Cooperative Behavior 1998
Trends in Recognition Technology 1997
Can the conventional models apply? : the microeconomics of the information revolution 1996
A Framework for Precision Conventional Strike in Post-Cold War Military Strategy 1996
The Global Positioning System: Assessing National Policies 1995
A Policy Direction for the Global Positioning System: Balancing National Security and Commercial Interests 1995
Providing an Effective Bomber Force for the Future: The B-2 Debate in Perspective 1995
Bomber Flexibility Study: A Progress Report 1994
Providing an Effective Bomber Force for the Future 1994
The National Aerospace Plane (NASP): Development Issues for the Follow-on Vehicle: Executive Summary 1993

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