1、Vision Meets Reality:2010 QDR and 2011 Defense BudgetF e b r u a r y 2 0 1 0by Travis SharpThe 2010 Quadrennial Defense review(QDr)portrays the security challenges of the future as fundamentally different from those of the past.In the 21st century,conventional u.S.military superiority will increasin
2、gly drive potential adversaries toward asymmetric responses to american power.recognizing this new state of affairs,the QDr emphasizes the non-traditional threats posed by WMD terrorist attacks,hybrid warfare combining high-and low-tech tactics,and the loss of shared access to the global commons in
3、air,sea,space,and cyberspace.even potential competitors like China are more likely to attack the united States using asymmetric means,such as by countering american power in cyberspace rather than in a blue-water naval battle in the middle of the Pacific Ocean.Together,these asymeteric security chal
4、lenges could erode americas freedom of action and ability to influence the course of world events in the years ahead if the united States does not begin to prepare for them now.While the new defense budget released alongside the QDR continues to reallocate resources in response to non-traditional th
