To compete and thrive in the 21st century, democracies, and the United States in particular, must develop new national security and economic strategies that address the geopolitics of information. In the 20th century, market capitalist democracies geared infrastructure, energy, trade, and even social policy to protect and advance that era’s key source of power—manufacturing. In this century, democracies must better account for information geopolitics across all dimensions of domestic policy and national strategy.
Lt. Col. Ronald Allen will provide an overview of U.S. nuclear missile operations and their role in deterrence.
Lieutenant Colonel Ronald G. Allen, Jr. is a joint research fellow with the International Security Program and Project on Managing the Atom. Prior to his current assignment, Lieutenant Colonel Allen was commander of the 625th Strategic Operations Squadron at Offutt AFB, Nebraska. He was responsible for all Minuteman III Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) targeting operations; the training, testing, and operation of the ICBM Airborne Launch Control System; the analysis of foreign ballistic missiles and development of the nation's Integrated Tactical Warning and Attack Assessment database; and operations management of the world-wide Strategic Automated Command and Control System (SACCS).