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Managing Materials for a Twenty-first Century Military, Paperback / softback Book

Managing Materials for a Twenty-first Century Military Paperback / softback

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Since 1939, the U.S. government, using the National Defense Stockpile (NDS), has been stockpiling critical strategic materials for national defense.

The economic and national security environments, however, have changed significantly from the time the NDS was created.

Current threats are more varied, production and processing of key materials is more globally dispersed, the global competition for raw materials is increasing, the U.S. military is more dependent on civilian industry, and industry depends far more on just-in-time inventory control.

To help determine the significance of these changes for the strategic materials stockpile, the Department of Defense asked the NRC to assess the continuing need for and value of the NDS.

This report begins with the historical context of the NDS.

It then presents a discussion of raw-materials and minerals supply, an examination of changing defense planning and materials needs, an analysis of modern tools used to manage materials supply chains, and an assessment of current operational practices of the NDS. Table of ContentsFront MatterSummary1 Overview: Observations, Conclusions, and Recommendations2 Historical Context3 Raw Materials and Minerals Supply4 Changing Defense Planning and Defense Materials Needs5 Managing Today's Materials Supply Chains6 Current Operational Practices of the National Defense StockpileAppendixesA: Stockpile HistoryB: U.S.

Defense StrategyC: Defining Twenty-first Century Defense Materials NeedsD: Rare Earth ElementsE: Other U.S.

StockpilesF: Case Study: BerylliumG: Committee MembershipH: Acronyms

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