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Sam LaGrone, USNI News: Little Known Pentagon Office Key to U.S. Military Competition with China, Russia
A little publicized Pentagon office tasked with tweaking existing U.S. military capabilities for new roles and missions is a key player in the Department of Defense effort to stay ahead of Russian and Chinese weapon programs.
“[Russia and China] are developing weapons and ways of war that seek to achieve their objectives rapidly, before they hope we can respond. Because of this, and because of their actions to date – from Ukraine to the South China Sea – DoD has elevated their importance in our defense planning and budgeting,” Secretary of State Ash Carter said in a speech on Tuesday previewing Fiscal Year 2017 budget.
In the speech Carter singled out the work of the Strategic Capabilities Office to “confound potential opponents” and held up the SCO (pronounced SkOh) as a key component of future U.S. military technology development.
The mandate for the SCO – headed by Oxford University trained physicist William Roper who studied string theory before moving to the Defense Department – is speed.
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WNU Editor: You have to wonder if there are more offices out there that influence Pentagon policy and direction.
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