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...ized systems within the 2015–47 period. Although robot systems of one millimeter or smaller are not explicitly specified in current DOD and Air Force technology road maps, the technological aims towards this size can be clearly inferred from official documents. This research assesses the likelihood of, and barriers to, the realization of true microrobots and nanorobots (de...

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...ention and resources from critical air, space, and cyber operations. Looking to the national security environment in 2030, this research explores one technology—the microbial fuel cell (MFC)—that gives life to self-contained facilities decoupled from vulnerable supply lines and infrastructure networks. MFCs can dispose of waste (sewage, food scraps, gray water, etc.) while...

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...I developed this thesis because I perceived a void in applying these themes—technology, force reductions, and futuristic visions—to command and control and to related impacts for staff structures. I seek concrete application of these ideas, rather than more rhetoric on what might be . . . someday. Th...

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...sector has been of particular concern given its intimate connection with national security operations and plans, its broad importance for science and technology, and its competitive position toward foreign governments and producers. However, the industry has been struggling, and without US government actions it may not have the depth and vitality to provide affordable solu...

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... . . . 32 The Players—Emerging Space Powers . . . 32 The Limitations of Today’s Commercial Satellites . . . . . 33 The Emerging Trends . . . . 34 Technology Does Not a System Make . . . . 35 Negating Reconnaissance Systems . . . . . 37 Stability, Proliferation, and ASAT . . . . . . 39 Summarizing ASAT in a Multipolar World . . . . . 39 Notes . . . . . 39 7 US ANTI...