1、 https:/crsreports.congress.gov December 13, 2017What Next for the Third Offset Strategy?Policymakers express increasing concern that the U.S. military risks losing its global technological supremacy. In 2014, Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel warned that the U.S. militarys dominance at sea, in the a
2、ir, in space, in cyberspace, and elsewhere could no longer be taken for granted. Other countries, including potential U.S. adversaries, are modernizing their militaries, and some have acquired sophisticated missiles and precision-strike systems. These capabilities could enable them to restrict U.S.
3、military access to operating domains and undermine U.S. ability to project power globally. The Department of Defense (DOD) responded to this challenge during the Obama Administration with a strategy that was referred to as the Third Offset Strategy (TOS). It aimed to “offset” or nullify the advantag
4、es of competitors that had reached or were close to reaching parity with the United States in some areas of technology. The goal was to transform capabilities over time to enable the United States to prevail in contested environments and thereby restore conventional deterrence. Through the stewardsh
