| Description |
1 online resource (19 pages) : color illustrations |
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text txt rdacontent |
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computer c rdamedia |
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online resource cr rdacarrier |
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text file PDF rda |
| Note |
"June 2014." |
| Contents |
Secretary's foreword. -- Chairman's endorsement. -- Executive summary. -- Introduction. -- The WMD challenge. -- Priority objectives. -- Strategic approach. -- Countering WMD activities and tasks. -- Terms and definitions. |
| Summary |
Actors of concern pose a threat of developing, acquiring, proliferating, or employing weapons of mass destruction (WMD) and related capabilities, expertise, materials, technologies, and means of delivery. These activities present a clear threat to the strategic objectives of the United States. State or non-state actors may use WMD to conduct a catastrophic attack on U.S. citizens and infrastructure; to exploit U.S. power projection, sustainment, and force protection vulnerabilities; to deny access to an area or region and limit the ability of the United States to respond to urgent threats; or to undermine the support for U.S. policies and actions by key regional partners. This strategy seeks to ensure that the United States and its allies and partners are neither attacked nor coerced by actors with WMD. It delineates three end states: that no new actors obtain WMD, those possessing WMD do not use them, and if actors use WMD, their effects are minimized. This strategy reflects the contemporary and emerging WMD challenge and provides a strong foundation for developing and implementing necessary policies, plans, and programs. |
| Note |
Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (DoD, viewed July 3, 2014). |
| Subject |
Weapons of mass destruction -- Prevention -- Government policy -- United States.
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National security -- United States.
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United States -- Military policy.
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Arms control -- Government policy -- United States.
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Terrorism -- United States -- Prevention.
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| Gpo Item No. |
0306 (online) |
| Sudoc No. |
D 1.2:W 37/3 |
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