The USA’s 2006 Quadrennial Defense Review: Report & Reactions

As of Friday, February 3, 2006, the USA’s 2006 Quadrennial Defense Review has been released. As Title 10, Section 118 stipulates, the QDR’s Congressional mandate is: The Secretary of Defense shall every four years… conduct a comprehensive examination (to be known as a “quadrennial defense review”) of the national defense strategy, force structure, force modernization plans, infrastructure, budget plan, and other elements of the defense program and policies of the United States with a view toward determining and expressing the defense strategy of the United States and establishing a defense program for the next 20 years. DID has a roundup of relevant resources and links: * The US Department of Defense has a QDR mini-site, which includes a number of related releases and articles as well as the full 90-page text of the 2006 QDR [PDF] * DID (Feb 22/06) – US Marines Launch Force Structure Review, Dispute QDR Recommendation * Congressional Budget Office (Jan 7/06) – The Long-Term Implications of Current Defense Plans and Alternatives: Detailed Update for Fiscal Year 2006 [PDF format]. DID covered this publication and noted some highlights, which goes beyond the budget as given and also looks at the cost implications of alternative transformational and […]