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Two definitions of weapon systems “concurrency”

December 25, 2020 Eric Lofgren 0

Because of the uncertainties and perceived criticality of ICBMs, the WDD and Ramo-Wooldridge believed it unwise to rely on only one approach. If it did […]

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Armen Alchian’s radical proposal for military R&D — will we ever take heed?

April 29, 2020 Eric Lofgren 0

When analyzed together, they confirmed the hypotheses that Armen Alchian had first made in 1953 about the dangers of applying systems analysis to weapons acquisition […]

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Kling Answers a Question on Defense Economics

December 8, 2018 Eric Lofgren 0

Here’s my question to Arnold Kling: I was wondering if you could comment on the fact that you’ll never see papers or courses in defense […]

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