of combat power and the continued sustainment of the force – enabling options across the operational themes from peacetime military engagement to major combat operations. THE FOUR STRATEGIC THREAT CHALLENGE AREAS 1-10. The National Security Strategy (NSS), National Defense Strategy (NDS) and Quadrennial Defense Review (QDR) discuss four threat areas: Traditional, Irregular, Catastrophic and Disruptive. The Department is transforming to better balance its capabilities across four categories of challenges. 1-11. The graphic portrayal and the risk considerations associated with the strategic threat challenge areas are noted in Figure 1-1. Also worthy of note is the confluence of these strategic challenges with order of effect implications for the capabilities that the U.S. should develop.
DesignationATTP 4-15
EditionFeb 2011
StatusSuperseded
Pages158
FunctionSustainment
CollectionRecent Archive
Public domain (U.S. Government work)