DOCSLIB.ORG

9. Arms Production

Total Page：16

File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb

Download full-text PDF Read full-text
9. Arms Production 9. Arms production J. PAUL DUNNE and EAMON SURRY* I. Introduction Arms sales by the 100 largest arms-producing companies (the ‘SIPRI Top 100’) increased again during 2004, although the increase was less dra- matic than in the previous year. Sales by US companies continued to account for the bulk of this increase. While there was significant merger and acqui- sition activity in 2005, this was at a slower pace than in 2004. Another round of consolidation may follow which will see moves into other sectors to gain increasingly valuable skills and services and the continuing move by non-US firms into the lucrative, growing and now more accommodating US market. While the post-cold war restructuring of the international arms industry has shown some signs of subsiding, important changes are still taking place. Con- solidation among European companies continues and is likely to be reinforced by the increased political commitment in the European Union (EU) to harmon- ize rules for arms procurement and by the adoption of the 2005 Code of Con- duct on Defence Procurement, which accepts competition in arms procure- ment among member states.1 At the same time, the consequences of the ‘global war on terrorism’, including added emphasis on homeland security, and the experiences in Iraq are creating demands for new, private industrial services and products, and in turn are drawing new kinds of suppliers into the international arms market. This chapter describes developments in the major arms-producing com- panies in 2004 and 2005. In addition, it looks at the development of the arms industry since the end of the cold war. Section II considers the data on the 100 largest arms-producing companies in the world (excluding China) in 2004.2 In section III the long-term trends in arms production are described 1 European Defence Agency, The Code of Conduct on Defence Procurement of the EU Member States Participating in the European Defence Agency, 21 Nov. 2005, URL <http://www.eda.eu.int/ reference/eda/EDA - Code of Conduct - European Defence Equipment Market.htm>. Denmark does not participate in the Code of Conduct. See also ‘EU agrees to open defence market’, BBC News Online, 21 Nov. 2005, URL <http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/4458014.stm>; and chapter 16 in this volume. 2 SIPRI has focused on the top 100 arms-producing companies annually in an effort to capture the trends in the overall arms industry. The choice of the top 100 companies was motivated by the fact that this is the highest number for which it was deemed realistically possible to gather data. This group of companies is fairly representative of the arms industry, accounting for roughly three-quarters of the value of global arms production in 1996. Chinese companies are excluded because of lack of data. See Sköns, E. and Weidacher, R., ‘Arms production’, SIPRI Yearbook 1999: Armaments, Disarmament and International Security (Oxford University Press: Oxford, 1999), pp. 389, 409; and Sköns, E. and * The authors are grateful to Elisabeth Sköns for comments and guidance and to Jurgen Brauer, Ron Smith and Herbert Wulf for comments on earlier drafts. SIPRI Yearbook 2006: Armaments, Disarmament and International Security 388 MILITARY SPENDING AND ARMAMENTS, 2005 Table 9.1. Regional and national shares of arms sales for the SIPRI Top 100 arms-producing companies in the world excluding China, 2004 compared to 2003 Arms sales figures are in US$ b., at current prices and exchange rates. Figures do not always add up because of the conventions of rounding. Arms sales Change in arms sales, Share of (US$ b.)a 2003–2004 (%) total arms Number of Region/ sales, 2004 companies country 2003 2004 Nominalb Realc (%) 41 North America 147.7 170.3 15 12 63.5 40 USA 147.3 169.8 15 12 63.3 1 Canada 0.5 0.5 2 –7 0.2 40 Europe 71.0 82.1 16 2 30.6 11 UK 26.3 32.4 23 7 12.1 8 France 17.6 19.8 12 0 7.4 1 Trans-Europeand 8.0 9.5 18 6 3.5 3 Italy 5.6 6.6 19 6 2.5 6 Germany 5.7 5.2 –8 –18 1.9 4 Russiae 3.1 3.1 2 –14 1.2 2 Sweden 2.3 2.3 11 1 0.9 2 Spain 1.7 1.7 27 12 0.6 1 Switzerland 0.7 0.7 6 –3 0.2 1 Norway 0.4 0.4 –7 –12 0.1 1 Finland 0.4 0.4 64 49 0.1 9 Other OECD 8.2 8.2 11 3 3.1 6 Japan 6.5 6.5 12 5 2.4 2 Korea, Southe 1.3 1.3 3 –4 0.5 1 Australia 0.4 0.4 19 2 0.2 10 Other non-OECD 7.8 7.8 6 1 2.9 4 Israel 3.5 3.5 0 –1 1.3 3 India 2.3 2.7 15 8 1.0 1 Singapore 0.9 0.9 –3 –8 0.3 1 South Africa 0.5 0.5 0 –16 0.2 1 Brazil 0.3 0.4 38 23 0.1 100 Total 233.4 268.3 15 8 100.0 OECD = Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. a Arms sales include both sales for domestic procurement and export sales. b This column gives the percentage change in arms sales in 2003–2004 calculated in current dollars. c This column gives the percentage change in arms sales in 2003–2004 calculated in constant dollars. d The company classified as trans-European is EADS, which is based in three countries— France, Germany and Spain—and registered in the Netherlands. e Data for Russian and South Korean companies are uncertain. Source: Appendix 9A, table 9A.1. ARMS PRODUCTION 389 along with the SIPRI Arms Production Project’s analysis of these trends. Section IV provides some conclusions. Appendices 9A and 9B include tables of the Top 100 arms-producing companies in 2004 and acquisitions in the North American and West European arms industry in 2005. Appendix 9C pro- vides an analysis of developments in the Russian arms industry. II. Recent trends The SIPRI Top 100 arms-producing companies, 2004 The value of the combined arms sales of the SIPRI Top 100 arms-producing companies in the world (excluding China) in 2004 was $268 billion (see table 9.1).3 Companies in the United States and Western Europe accounted for most of this amount. The dominance of US companies is particularly striking. Of the total arms sales of the Top 100 companies, 63.3 per cent was accounted for by 40 US companies; and 29.4 per cent by 36 West European companies. Four Russian companies accounted for 1.2 per cent of the total value. There was a marked expansion in total arms sales of the Top 100 in 2004 compared to 2003. However, this increase of 15 per cent (in nominal terms) was not as dramatic as in the previous year: the increase in 2003 over 2002 was 25 per cent.4 Indeed, owing to the continued deterioration of the value of the US dollar during 2004, the increase in 2004 over 2003 was even smaller in real terms: just over 8 per cent. This is still a significant increase, especially since it followed a year of great increase, and suggests that the decline in arms sales by the largest arms-producing companies that occurred during the 1990s has ended. The composition of firms on the Top 100 for 2004 did not change a great deal (see table 9.2), but the companies that entered and exited the list are inter- esting for several reasons. Four companies left the Top 100 in 2004. Two of these were Russian: Uralvagonzavod, which dropped from a ranking of 98 to 136, and MMPP Salyut, which fell less dramatically from 96 to 109. While Uralvagonzavod’s arms sales decreased in 2004, its total sales increased by more than 60 per cent between 2001 and 2004 as a result of a strong increase in civil sales. Most of this increase is from building rolling stock for Russian Railways,5 but the company also produces, for example, road-building equip- ment and consumer commodities that are increasingly exported.6 The third company to exit the SIPRI Top 100 list for 2004 was the Japanese company Weidacher, R., ‘The economics of arms production’, ed. L. Kurtz, Encyclopedia of Violence, Peace and Conflict (Academic Press: San Diego, Calif., 1999), p. 137. 3 There may also be other companies that are large enough to appear in the Top 100 list but for which insufficient data are available. 4 Sköns, E. and Surry, E., ‘Arms production’, SIPRI Yearbook 2005: Armaments, Disarmament and International Security (Oxford University Press: Oxford, 2005), pp. 383–416. 5 Lantratov, K., ‘Airplanes give way to submarines’, Kommersant, 9 June 2005, URL <http://www. kommersant.com/doc.asp?id=584099>. 6 ‘The “steel flow” of Urals tanks’, Diplomat, no. 5 (133), 2005, URL <http://www.diplomatrus.ru/ 200505/uk/02-06.php>. 390 MILITARY SPENDING AND ARMAMENTS, 2005 Table 9.2. Companies that entered and exited the SIPRI Top 100 list of arms-producing companies in 2004 Rank Rank 2004 2003 Company Country 2004 2003 Company Country Entering companies Exiting companies 99 106 Embraer Brazil 106 97 Komatsu Japan 68 S MTU Aero Engines Germany 109 96 MMPP Salyut Russia 100 116 Patria Finland 136 98 Uralvagonzavod Russia 71 142 Armor Holdings USA S 65 Alvis UK S = Subsidiary company. Source: SIPRI Arms Industry Database.
Load more

Recommended publications
  • The Origins of the Permanent War Economy
    SUBSCRIBE NOW AND RECEIVE CRISIS AND LEVIATHAN* FREE! “The Independent Review does not accept “The Independent Review is pronouncements of government officials nor the excellent.” conventional wisdom at face value.” —GARY BECKER, Noble Laureate —JOHN R. MACARTHUR, Publisher, Harper’s in Economic Sciences Subscribe to The Independent Review and receive a free book of your choice* such as the 25th Anniversary Edition of Crisis and Leviathan: Critical Episodes in the Growth of American Government, by Founding Editor Robert Higgs. This quarterly journal, guided by co-editors Christopher J. Coyne, and Michael C. Munger, and Robert M. Whaples offers leading-edge insights on today’s most critical issues in economics, healthcare, education, law, history, political science, philosophy, and sociology. Thought-provoking and educational, The Independent Review is blazing the way toward informed debate! Student? Educator? Journalist? Business or civic leader? Engaged citizen? This journal is for YOU! *Order today for more FREE book options Perfect for students or anyone on the go! The Independent Review is available on mobile devices or tablets: iOS devices, Amazon Kindle Fire, or Android through Magzter. INDEPENDENT INSTITUTE, 100 SWAN WAY, OAKLAND, CA 94621 • 800-927-8733 • [email protected] PROMO CODE IRA1703 The Origins of the Permanent War Economy F THOMAS K. DUNCAN AND CHRISTOPHER J. COYNE he military-industrial complex that Dwight D. Eisenhower (1961) warned of has become a vast network of expanded political power, enlarged profits, and T increased state authority. Indeed, national security, in terms of dollars, men- tality, and interests, has bled into nearly every aspect of American life (Turse 2008), into nearly every federal department (Mueller and Stewart 2011), into domestic and international humanitarian efforts (Coyne 2008, 2013), and even into domestic policing (Hall and Coyne 2013).
    [Show full text]
  • Colonial Appeasement
    Colonial Appeasement coming to power in 1933, even though the Nazi leader’s territorial ambitions focused (1935–38) on Eastern Europe, as indicated in his infa- PAUL W. DOERR mous memoir Mein Kampf.Afewsenior Acadia University, Canada Nazis also hoped for a colonial foothold in Africa, but the early years of Hitler’s regime were taken up with other, more urgent Colonial appeasement is a largely forgotten matters. aspectofBritishappeasement.Duringthe British officials and policy-makers had, years from 1935 to 1938 the British govern- throughout the 1920s, strongly rejected any ment gave serious attention to the possibility suggestion of returning colonies to Germany. of granting Germany colonial possessions But the deteriorating world economic situa- in Africa as part of a “general settlement” tion after 1929, combined with the growing with the Nazi regime. Various schemes for threat to the peace from Hitler’s Germany, transferring African territories to German forced the British to rethink their position. jurisdiction were considered, but serious Gradually the idea began to emerge that per- obstacles arose and, with the exception of haps colonies could be returned to Germany one formal proposal from the British in early as part of a much larger general settlement of 1938, talks with the Germans on the subject the situation in Europe. never moved beyond vague generalities. On March 7, 1936, Hitler sent German Prior to the First World War, Germany troops into the demilitarized zone of Ger- held four territories in Africa, namely Ger- many. He then issued a series of demands, man East Africa, German South-West Africa, oneofwhichwasacallforequalityofcolonial Kamerun, and Togoland.
    [Show full text]
  • War Economy and the New Wars: a Case Study of Kosovo’S War Economy
    War Economy and the New Wars: A case study of Kosovo’s War Economy Ecaterina Ciutac Student Number: 104517008 MA Governance, Leadership and Democracy Studies Supervisor Prof.ª Doutora Mónica Dias Date: 27/09/2019 Acknowledgements During the first year of the course of M.A. Governance, Leadership & Democracy Studies, I had the pleasure to attend the classes of Professor Mónica Dias. It was from her classes and her way of teaching that brought inspiration to the topic of this thesis. Thanks to Professor Mónica’s attention, guidance, and dedication in supervising the project and thesis, it was possible to accomplish this important step in my academic life. Abstract Word Count Dissertation: 28 658 Word count abstract: 334 This dissertation aims to study the relationship between the economic dimension of “new wars” and the perpetuation of violence. The analysis on the economic dimension of “new wars” shows that it is an essential aspect to understand in an interconnected and globalized setting because there are impacts on the state-building and on the social and political spheres. The main question of the thesis is going to analyze the main aspects of the war economy in Kosovo. One of the hypotheses holds that in contemporary wars, the state suffers increased levels of violence, which leads to a non-ending cycle of internal crisis, because of the economic aspect of war. The goal is to explore this hypothesis and to analyze the nature and characteristics of the war economy as well as, to understand how the perpetuation of violence can easily spread on a transnational level.
    [Show full text]
  • 1 Building a Rattan Weapon for SCA Youth Combat by Mistress Arianna of Wynthrope Baronial Youth Combat Marshall, Barony-Marche O
    Building a Rattan Weapon for SCA Youth Combat By Mistress Arianna of Wynthrope Baronial Youth Combat Marshall, Barony-Marche of the Debatable Lands This article demonstrates one way to make rattan weapons for SCA Youth Combat Division 2 and 3 fighters. It is not the only way, but weapons made this way have passed inspection by Kingdom and Society level Youth Combat Marshals and proven to be durable and functional. You will need the following supplies and equipment: • A piece of rattan between ¾” and 1” in diameter and appropriate in length for the weapon you wish to make. Weapon length should be proportional to the fighter. Great weapons have the following maximum length limitations: • Spear - 7.5’ • Pole-arms - 6’ - The striking edge shall not exceed 1/3 of the weapons total length. • Great sword - 6’ - No more than 18" haft (hilt). • 1” inner diameter pipe foam that is at least 3/8” thick and long enough for the desired weapon • Closed cell camp foam, any thickness from ¼” to ¾” • A roll of duct tape • A roll of electrical tape in a contrasting color to the duct tape • Scissors • A utility knife • For single-handed weapons, a shoelace or other cord for a lanyard • A ruler 1 STEP 1 – Making sure your rattan is properly sized Using a ruler, verify that your rattan is at least ¾” and no more than 1” in diameter. If it is too large, use a plane or draw knife to shave it down, then sand the entire shaft. If it is less than ¾” in diameter, do not use that piece of rattan.
    [Show full text]
  • Small Arms-Individual Weapons
    290 Small Arms–Individual Weapons INVESTMENT COMPONENT Modernization thousand M14 EBRs were assembled be mounted on the shotgun. The bolt • 1QFY09: Materiel release and full- at TACOM Lifecycle Management handle is mountable on either side for rate production decision Recapitalization Command at Rock Island Arsenal in ambidextrous handling. • 3QFY09: First unit equipped response to Operational Need Statements M26 Modular Accessory Shotgun Maintenance requesting a longer range capability. The MASS enables Soldiers to transition System: The upgraded weapons are currently in between lethal and less-than-lethal fires • 4QFY09: Limited user test and MISSION service with select Army units. and adds the capability of a separate evaluation with MP units Enables warfighters and small units to shotgun without carrying a second • 2QFY10: Low-rate initial production engage targets with lethal fire to defeat The M320 Grenade Launcher is the weapon. Additional features include a approved or deter adversaries. replacement to all M203 series grenade box magazine, flip-up sights, and an • 4QFY10: First article testing launchers on M16 Rifles and M4 extendable stand-off device for door complete DESCRIPTION Carbines. A modular system, it attaches breaching. The M4 Carbine replaces the M16 series under the barrel of the rifle or carbine PROJECTED ACTIVITIES Rifles in all Brigade Combat Teams, and can convert to a stand-alone weapon. SYSTEM INTERDEPENDENCIES M4 Carbine: Division Headquarters, and other The M320 improves on current grenade None • Continue: M4 production, deliveries, selected units. It is 1.4 pounds lighter launchers with an integral day/night and fielding and more portable than the M16 series of sighting system and improved safety PROGRAM STATUS M14 EBR: rifles.
    [Show full text]
  • Explosive Weapon Effectsweapon Overview Effects
    CHARACTERISATION OF EXPLOSIVE WEAPONS EXPLOSIVEEXPLOSIVE WEAPON EFFECTSWEAPON OVERVIEW EFFECTS FINAL REPORT ABOUT THE GICHD AND THE PROJECT The Geneva International Centre for Humanitarian Demining (GICHD) is an expert organisation working to reduce the impact of mines, cluster munitions and other explosive hazards, in close partnership with states, the UN and other human security actors. Based at the Maison de la paix in Geneva, the GICHD employs around 55 staff from over 15 countries with unique expertise and knowledge. Our work is made possible by core contributions, project funding and in-kind support from more than 20 governments and organisations. Motivated by its strategic goal to improve human security and equipped with subject expertise in explosive hazards, the GICHD launched a research project to characterise explosive weapons. The GICHD perceives the debate on explosive weapons in populated areas (EWIPA) as an important humanitarian issue. The aim of this research into explosive weapons characteristics and their immediate, destructive effects on humans and structures, is to help inform the ongoing discussions on EWIPA, intended to reduce harm to civilians. The intention of the research is not to discuss the moral, political or legal implications of using explosive weapon systems in populated areas, but to examine their characteristics, effects and use from a technical perspective. The research project started in January 2015 and was guided and advised by a group of 18 international experts dealing with weapons-related research and practitioners who address the implications of explosive weapons in the humanitarian, policy, advocacy and legal fields. This report and its annexes integrate the research efforts of the characterisation of explosive weapons (CEW) project in 2015-2016 and make reference to key information sources in this domain.
    [Show full text]
  • Department of Peace Operations
    OROLSI is comprised of five components: “UN Peacekeeping deploys to some of the most complex OFFICE OF RULE OF LAW & SECURITY INSTITUTIONS and difficult places, protecting some of the world’s most United Nations Police Division (PD) vulnerable. We are working in partnership with Member States to implement the Secretary-General’s Action for Where requested and mandated, United Nations Police (UNPOL) supports Member States to realize effective, efficient, representative, responsive and accountable police services that Peacekeeping initiative to strengthen peacekeeping, including serve and protect the population. UNPOL build and support police capacity to prevent and to improve how we protect civilians, which is at the heart of detect crime, protect life and property and maintain public order and safety in adherence our work. For hundreds of millions, peacekeeping is the last to the rule of law and international human rights norms. The United Nations Police Division best hope and it needs all our support.” supports UNPOL by selecting, recruiting, deploying and rotating personnel in UN peace operations; developing policy and guidance; providing strategic and operational support, Jean-Pierre Lacroix Under-Secretary-General for Peace Operations including through the Standing Police Capacity; and facilitating assessments and evaluations. Justice and Corrections Service (JCS) Action for Peacekeeping (A4P) OROLSI colleagues are at the forefront of efforts to enhance The Justice and Corrections Service serves as a center of expertise on justice and the performance and accountability of peacekeepers, includ- corrections areas and supports the work of justice and corrections components in OROLSI is committed to ing by conducting trainings and assessments of Formed Police United Nations peace operations and other UN entities.
    [Show full text]
  • The Buildup of the German War Economy: the Importance of the Nazi-Soviet Economic Agreements of 1939 and 1940 by Samantha Carl I
    The Buildup of the German War Economy: The Importance of the Nazi-Soviet Economic Agreements of 1939 and 1940 By Samantha Carl INTRODUCTION German-Soviet relations in the early half of the twentieth century have been marked by periods of rapprochement followed by increasing tensions. After World War I, where the nations fought on opposite sides, Germany and the Soviet Union focused on their respective domestic problems and tensions began to ease. During the 1920s, Germany and the Soviet Union moved toward normal relations with the signing of the Treaty of Rapallo in 1922.(1) Tensions were once again apparent after 1933, when Adolf Hitler gained power in Germany. Using propaganda and anti-Bolshevik rhetoric, Hitler depicted the Soviet Union as Germany's true enemy.(2) Despite the animosity between the two nations, the benefits of trade enabled them to maintain economic relations throughout the inter-war period. It was this very relationship that paved the way for the Nazi-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact of 1939 and the subsequent outbreak of World War II. Nazi-Soviet relations on the eve of the war were vital to the war movement of each respective nation. In essence, the conclusion of the Nazi-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact on August 23, 1939 allowed Germany to augment its war effort while diminishing the Soviet fear of a German invasion.(3) The betterment of relations was a carefully planned program in which Hitler sought to achieve two important goals. First, he sought to prevent a two-front war from developing upon the invasion of Poland. Second, he sought to gain valuable raw materials that were necessary for the war movement.(4) The only way to meet these goals was to pursue the completion of two pacts with the Soviet Union: an economic agreement as well as a political one.
    [Show full text]
  • Ethical Issues in the Global Arms Industry
    draft: March 7, 2015 Michael Davis, Illinois Institute of Technology Ethical Issues in the Global Arms Industry: A Role for Engineers Ethical Dilemmas in the Global Defense Industry Conference University of Pennsylvania Law School Philadelphia, April 16, 2015 This paper has four parts. The first two seek to clarify the subject of this conference, ethical issues in the global arms industry. The third sketches the role engineers have in much of the global arms industry. The last part considers one way that engineers might help with resolving some of the industry’s ethical issues. While the first part of this paper should contain few surprises, the last three will, I hope, contain more. 1. Dilemmas and Defense Let me begin with two differences between the official title of this conference and the title of my paper. First, I have substituted “issues” for “dilemmas”. Second, I have substituted “arms” for “defense”. The purpose of these changes is to avoid unnecessary disputes rather than to change the subject of the conference. Let me explain. A “dilemma” is a situation in which a difficult choice has to be made between two (or more) equally undesirable alternatives.1 If the alternatives were not equally undesirable, the choice would be easy: choose the more desirable alternative. There would be no dilemma (though the choice might, like most good choices, have its cost). My impression is that the main ethical issues, questions, problems, or quandaries posed by the global arms industry are not dilemmas (in this sense) but complex situations in which most of the choices on offer are hard to assess and many of the best choices have yet to be devised.
    [Show full text]
  • Disarmament a Basic Guide
    Disarmament A Basic Guide by Melissa Gillis Third Edition United Nations, New York, 2012 Note THE UNITED NATIONS OFFICE FOR DISARMAMENT AFFAIRS has published the Ba- sic Guide pursuant to the purposes of the United Nations Disarmament Informa- tion Programme. The mandate of the Programme is to inform, educate and gener- ate public understanding of the importance of multilateral action, and support for it, in the field of arms limitation and disarmament. For more information, contact: Information and Outreach Branch United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs United Nations New York, NY 10017 Telephone: 212.963.3022 Email: [email protected] Website: www.un.org/disarmament THE FIRST EDITION of the Guide was originally written by Bhaskar Menon and pub- lished in 2001 in collaboration with the Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) Committee on Disarmament, Peace and Security. The second edition was authored and edited by Melissa Gillis, the editor of Disarmament Times, and was published in 2009. Ms. Gillis edited this third edition and provided updated text where ap- propriate. The Guide is intended for the general reader, but may also be useful for the disarmament educator or trainer. COVER DESIGN based on the United Nations poster entitled “The United Nations for a Better World”, designed by Ricardo Ernesto Jaime de Freitas. THE VIEWS expressed are those of the author/editor and do not necessarily reflect those of the United Nations. MATERIAL appearing in the Guide may be reprinted without permission, provided that credit is given to the author/editor and to the United Nations. Since 1972, the NGO COMMITTEE ON DISARMAMENT, PEACE AND SECURITY has provided services to citizens’ groups concerned with the peace and disarmament activities of the United Nations.
    [Show full text]
  • The Submarine and the Washington Conference Of
    477 THE SUBMARINE AND THE WASHINGTON CONFERENCE OF 1921 Lawrence H. Douglas Following the First World War, the tation of this group, simply stated, was tide of public opinion was overwhelm­ that second best in naval strength meant ingly against the submarine as a weapon last. A policy of naval superiority was of war. The excesses of the German necessary, they felt, for "history consis­ U-boat had stunned the sensibilities of tently shows that war between no two the world but had, nonetheless, pre­ peoples or nations can be unthink­ sented new ideas and possibilities of this able.,,1 A second group, the Naval weapon to the various naval powers of Advisory Committee (Admirals Pratt the time. The momentum of these new and Coontz and Assistant Secretary of ideas proved so strong that by the the Navy Theodore Roosevelt, Jr.) also opening of the first major international submitted recommendations concerning disarmament conference of the 20th the limitation of naval armaments. century, practical uses of the submarine From the outset their deliberations were had all but smothered the moral indig­ guided by a concern that had become nation of 1918. more and more apparent-the threat Several months prior to the opening posed to the security and interests of of the conference, the General Board of this country by Japan. This concern was the American Navy was given the task evidenced in an attempt to gain basic of developing guidelines and recommen­ understandings with Britain. dations to be used by the State Depart­ The submarine received its share of ment in determining the American attention in the deliberations of these proposals to be presented.
    [Show full text]
  • Meeting the Anti-Access and Area-Denial Challenge
    Meeting the Anti-Access and Area-Denial Challenge Andrew Krepinevich, Barry Watts & Robert Work 1730 Rhode Island Avenue, NW, Suite 912 Washington, DC 20036 Meeting the Anti-Access and Area-Denial Challenge by Andrew Krepinevich Barry Watts Robert Work Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments 2003 ABOUT THE CENTER FOR STRATEGIC AND BUDGETARY ASSESSMENTS The Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments is an independent public policy research institute established to promote innovative thinking about defense planning and investment strategies for the 21st century. CSBA’s analytic-based research makes clear the inextricable link between defense strategies and budgets in fostering a more effective and efficient defense, and the need to transform the US military in light of the emerging military revolution. CSBA is directed by Dr. Andrew F. Krepinevich and funded by foundation, corporate and individual grants and contributions, and government contracts. 1730 Rhode Island Ave., NW Suite 912 Washington, DC 20036 (202) 331-7990 http://www.csbaonline.org CONTENTS EXECUTIVE SUMMARY .......................................................................................................... I I. NEW CHALLENGES TO POWER PROJECTION.................................................................. 1 II. PROSPECTIVE US AIR FORCE FAILURE POINTS........................................................... 11 III. THE DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY AND ASSURED ACCESS: A CRITICAL RISK ASSESSMENT .29 IV. THE ARMY AND THE OBJECTIVE FORCE ..................................................................... 69 V. CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS .................................................................... 93 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY During the Cold War, the United States defense posture called for substantial forces to be located overseas as part of a military strategy that emphasized deterrence and forward defense. Large combat formations were based in Europe and Asia. Additional forces—both land-based and maritime—were rotated periodically back to the rear area in the United States.
    [Show full text]