Nuclear Terrorism calibrating funding for defensive programs in response to the threat
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Haglund, Sean W.
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Moltz, James Clay
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2009-12
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Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School
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thin the U.S. government manage these preventive programs with little cross-departmental integration to determine where additional funds could provide the greatest impact. Furthermore, no governmental office with budgetary or staffing authority exists to direct the overarching effects of these programs and expenditures as a whole. This study examines the fiscal prioritization and relative effectiveness of the primary U.S. programs to prevent acts of nuclear terrorism contrasted against the threat of a terrorist nuclear attack within the U.S. This effort seeks to bridge departmental lanes of responsibility, provide a holistic perspective, and identify programs in need of additional resources and emphasis, as well as efforts that offer comparatively little added security. This research concludes that while proactive domestic and overseas source security measures receive appropriate fiscal emphasis, border and cargo security measures and the supporting research and development efforts do not.
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Naval Postgraduate School (U.S.)
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xvi, 107 p. : ill., map ;
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Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited.