Measuring Military Capability: Progress, Problems and Future Direction

NSIAD-86-72 Published: Feb 24, 1986. Publicly Released: Feb 24, 1986.

Highlights

GAO reviewed the Department of Defense's (DOD) efforts to measure military capability to identify: (1) potential modifications to the Unit Status and Identity Reporting (UNITREP) system which provides one indication of military capability; and (2) initiatives in the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Joint Chiefs of Staff, and the military services to develop analytical systems for assessing changes in military capability.

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Topics

Budget and Spending

Combat readinessDefense capabilitiesDefense contingency planningEmergency preparednessMilitary forcesMilitary systems analysisProjectionsLogisticsAircraft acquisition programMilitary capability