Unit 1 1
U.S.Military Transformation 1
Extra Reading Challenges,Counter-challenges and Readiness Assessment 10
Unit 2 16
U.S.Plan for Sustaining the Strategic Space Advantage(Ⅰ) 16
Extra Reading U.S.Plan for Sustaining the Strategic Space Advantage(Ⅱ) 25
Unit 3 32
Reforming Pentagon Strategic Decision-making(Ⅰ) 32
Extra Reading Reforming Pentagon Strategic Decision-making(Ⅱ) 41
Unit 4 48
U.S.Theater Missile Defense(Ⅰ) 48
Extra Reading National Missile Defense(NMD) 56
Unit 5 61
U.S.Theater Missile Defense(Ⅱ) 61
Extra Reading Introduction to New Cruise Missiles 69
Unit 6 76
Today and Yesterday of the U.S.Navy(Ⅰ) 76
Extra Reading Today and Yesterday of the U.S.Navy(Ⅱ) 84
Unit 7 91
Command System and Operational Capabilities of the U.S.Air Force(Ⅰ) 91
Extra Reading Command System and Operational Capabilities of the U.S.Air Force(Ⅱ) 100
Unit 8 106
USSOCOM Meeting the Challenges of the 21st Century 106
Extra Reading Force Multiplier for Special Operations 116
Unit 9 124
Precision Guided Weapons 124
Extra Reading U.S.Army's Plan for Improving the Readiness and Availability 132
Unit 10 140
Analysis of American Information Warfare 140
Extra Reading Cyber-terrorism 148
Unit 11 154
Network Attack-oriented Intuition and Reasoning 154
Extra Reading Hacker Attacks Hitting Pentagon 161
Unit 12 166
Platforms of Information Warfare(Ⅰ) 166
Extra Reading Platforms of Information Warfare(Ⅱ) 173
Unit 13 178
U.S.Space Reconnaissance(Ⅰ) 178
Extra Reading U.S.Space Reconnaissance(Ⅱ) 185
Unit 14 190
New Stealth Technologies 190
Extra Reading Modern Electronic Countermeasures 197
Unit 15 206
Organizational Arrangements and Functions of U.S.Military Intelligence(Ⅰ) 206
Extra Reading Organizational Arrangements and Functions of U.S.Military Intelligence(Ⅱ) 213
Unit 16 218
U.S.Counterintelligence Strategy 218
Extra Reading Intelligence Capability of the European Union 226
Unit 17 233
Development of the Joint Intelligence Center(Ⅰ) 233
Extra Reading Development of the Joint Intelligence Center(Ⅱ) 240
Unit 18 247
Fratricide Prevention & Combat Identification(Ⅰ) 247
Extra Reading Fratricide Prevention & Combat Identification(Ⅱ) 256
Unit 19 263
Joint Logistics in the Future 263
Extra Reading Acquisition for the Information Age 269
Unit 20 273
Military Weapons for Future Space Warfare 273
Extra Reading Future Space Warfare in Perspective 280
Unit 21 286
Future Combat System 286
Extra Reading United States Army Military Readiness 294
Unit 22 300
New Kill Chains and Weapons in the Near-future Warfare 300
Extra Reading Operational Risks Versus Concepts of Operation 307
Appendix Ⅰ Vocabulary 312
Appendix Ⅱ English-Chinese Abbreviations and Codes for Major U.S.Military Weapons 322