{"id":1012,"date":"1998-03-01T21:34:54","date_gmt":"1998-03-02T02:34:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.comw.org\/pda\/?p=1012"},"modified":"2023-09-03T16:46:08","modified_gmt":"2023-09-03T20:46:08","slug":"defense-sufficiency-and-cooperation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/comw.org\/pda\/defense-sufficiency-and-cooperation\/","title":{"rendered":"Defense Sufficiency and Cooperation:  A US Military Posture for the post-Cold War Era"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"pubPostType\"><span class=\"varPubSum\">by Carl Conetta and Charles Knight, Project on Defense Alternatives briefing report, 01 March 1998.\u00a0 \u21d2 <a class=\"htmlLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.comw.org\/pda\/opdfin.html\" target=\"_newtab\" rel=\"noopener\">HTML<\/a><\/span>\u00a0 \u21d2 <a href=\"https:\/\/comw.org\/pda\/fulltext\/Defense-Sufficiency-and-Cooperation.pdf\">PDF<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"pubPostType\"><span class=\"varPubSum\">This study presents a comprehensive and coherent US military posture option for a fifteen-year period beginning in 1998. While maintaining continuity of key aspects of US security strategy, it finds ample opportunity for further reductions in forces size and consequently in budget. 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