Via FAS: Office of the Secretary of Defense, February 26, 2015 – Memorandum for Chairman, Defense Science Board / Subject: Final Report of the Defense Science Board 2012 Summer Study on Strategic Surprise
“The final report of the Defense Science Board 2014 Summer Study on Strategic Surprise is attached. In accordance with its charter, the study reviewed how information about a potential adversary may lead to changing current Departme nt priorities and what the possible actions and hedges against those changing priorities may be. The study considered what actions, if not taken by the Department, might lead to potential regrets in 2024. They study also reviewed possible actions and hedges against changing priorities. The study focused on potential regrets in eight areas and provides recommendations to avoid strategic surprise in those eight domains. The domains include:
• Countering Nuclear Proliferation
• Ballistic and Cruise Missile Defense
• Space Security
• Undersea Warfare
• Cyber
• Communications and Positioning, Navigation, and Timing (PNT)
• Counterintelligence
• Logistics Resilience”