Title Arsenal's end? : American power and the global defense industry / by Ethan B. Kapstein

Published Washington, DC : Center for a New American Security, 2010

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Description 1 online resource (13 pages) : color illustrations Contents Introduction -- Why collaborate globally? -- The international organization of defense production -- The hub of democracy? Summary The recent firing of the F-35 Program Manager by Secretary of Defense Robert Gates has heightened concerns in the policy community that the plane is failing to meet its economic and military objectives. But in this new report, Ethan Kapstein suggests that the multinational F-35 exemplifies the complexity of the Pentagon's global acquisition strategy. In this report, Kapstein argues that the Pentagon has abandoned the post-war American strategy of serving as the free world's "arsenal" and instead has focused on becoming the "hub" of a global defense-industrial network. Far from being an isolated case of poor program management, Kapstein argues, the F-35 could exemplify deeper problems with Pentagon acquisition strategy. Addressing those problems, however, would require making data on international defense procurement available to the research community, Kapstein points out. Unlike the majority of defense acquisition analyses, which tend to focus on the causes of cost overruns and delays that are associated with the procurement of nearly every major weapons platform, this report focuses on some of the deeper changes shaping the structure of America's defense-industrial base, changes that could have a significant impact on the nation's ability to prosecute major conflicts in the future Analysis Defence industries United States Globalisation National security Defence policy Joint Strike Fighters Costs Overseas item Notes Title from PDF title page (viewed on February 24, 2010) "February 2010." Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (page 13) Notes Mode of access: Internet from Center for a New American Security web site. Adobe Acrobat Reader required Subject United States. Department of Defense -- Procurement SUBJECT United States. Department of Defense. fast (OCoLC)fst01852447 Subject Weapons industry. Globalization. globalism. Armed Forces -- Procurement. Globalization. Weapons industry. Form Electronic book Author Center for a New American Security.

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