It is just getting underway. Just the narrow focus of Nuclear Deterrents. Having recently served as a commissioner on the strategic, Posture Commission is incredibly urgent that we look at deterrence in a broader lens. Looking at strategic deterrents of which of course Nuclear Deterrents is a key foundation. The reason we need to look at this more broadly is we are facing new threats. New threats of escalation. New domains that can lead to rapid or inadvertent escalation in competition or conflict with china and russia. New domains such as space, cyber. Adversaries might be able to take more risks and we have Strategic Systems that are vulnerable, for example in space. And that could lead to miscalculation or rapid escalation to Nuclear Weapons use. To deal with these new threats we need to also think about innovation in terms of concepts and technologies. This is why im excited about having our three panelists this morning to discuss those issues and the challenges and opportunities a
Urgent that we look at deterrence in a broader lens. Looking at strategic deterrents of which of course Nuclear Deterrents is a key foundation. The reason we need to look at this more broadly is we are facing new threats. New threats of escalation. New domains that can lead to rapid or inadvertent escalation in competition or conflict with china and russia. New domains such as space, cyber. Adversaries might be able to take more risks and we have Strategic Systems that are vulnerable, for example in space. And that could lead to miscalculation or rapid escalation to Nuclear Weapons use. To deal with these new threats we need to also think about innovation in terms of concepts and technologies. This is why im excited about having our three panelists this morning to discuss those issues and the challenges and opportunities ahead. We will first hear from professor andrew ross who iscurs a professor in the department of International Affairs at texas a m university. He was appointed to Int
It will comes under pain. The report we are putting out today is probably the most complex to date. It represents a new foray for our modeling and simulation effort. I once acknowledge the considerable effort put into the report by the author, who will be here momentarily. Researching, modeling and analyzing this problem, there were about a million in relation runs that we did to make this happen. Next, i want to acknowledge and thank those who made it possible on the sponsorship side. I want to thank those who came out in person. They generously provided some contributions for the Software Side that made it possible to depict visually. I would say very colorfully, it has been a more abstract topic. All of the subject matter experts, most of whom we listen to over the course. I will say a few words at the beginning and then turn it over to summarize. John hale testified about 10 days ago that in this era, active Missile Defenses have become an element. They are no longer niche weapons.
The council on Foreign Relations hold a discussion on u. S. Defense priorities around the world and the role of military forces including the army, space force, marine corps and air force. They focused on u. S. Preparedness and Nuclear Strategy. The Panel Discussion runs one hour and 15 minutes. Good evening, everybody and welcome. Im president of the council on Foreign Relations and its a great honor and privilege to be here for the robert mccue in and out of serious on military strategy and leadership with the u. S. Service chiefs. We have in addition to this room over 350 members and this Series Features prominent individuals from the military intelligence communities and generous gifts from robert mcewen, founder and president starting in 2008 and the series continues every year. Other friends and family are joining us on zoom so thank you very much to the family. We are really honored tonight to have general randy george chief of staff of the Army Commandant of the marine corps of
Nuclear deterrents. Having recently served as a commissioner on the strategic, Posture Commission is incredibly urgent that we look at deterrence in a broader lens. Looking at strategic deterrents of which of course Nuclear Deterrents is a key foundation. The reason we need to look at this more broadly is we are facing new threats. New threats of escalation. New domains that can lead to rapid or inadvertent escalation in competition or conflict with china and russia. New domains such as space, cyber. Adversaries might be able to take more risks and we have Strategic Systems that are vulnerable, for example in space. And that could lead to miscalculation or rapid escalation to Nuclear Weapons use. To deal with these new threats we need to also think about innovation in terms of concepts and technologies. This is why im excited about having our three panelists this morning to discuss those issues and the challenges and opportunities ahead. We will first hear from professor andrew ross wh