Defense Planning Guidance

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United States Department of Defense policy document strategic planning document

Defense Planning Guidance was a series of classified U.S. Department of Defense policy documents that outlined long-term military strategy, force structure, and resource priorities in the post–Cold War era.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Defense Planning Guidance, 1992–1994	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States Department of Defense policy document ⓘ strategic planning document ⓘ
associatedWith	Dick Cheney ⓘ Paul Wolfowitz ⓘ
audience	combatant commanders ⓘ senior defense planners ⓘ service chiefs ⓘ
classificationStatus	classified ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
documentType	multi-year planning guidance ⓘ
frequency	periodically updated ⓘ
governs	Program Objective Memorandum development ⓘ
higherLevelStrategySource	National Security Council of the United States ⓘ surface form: National Security Council President of the United States ⓘ
issuer	Department of Defense ⓘ surface form: United States Department of Defense
language	English ⓘ
notableVersion	1992 Defense Planning Guidance draft ⓘ
policyThemes	U.S. military preeminence ⓘ alliance burden-sharing ⓘ base realignment and closure ⓘ counterproliferation of weapons of mass destruction ⓘ defense industrial base considerations ⓘ deterrence of potential great-power rivals ⓘ force downsizing after the Cold War ⓘ forward presence ⓘ modernization of U.S. forces ⓘ nuclear posture and deterrence ⓘ peace operations and stability operations ⓘ power projection ⓘ readiness and sustainability ⓘ regional conflict planning ⓘ
purpose	guide force structure planning ⓘ outline long-term U.S. military strategy ⓘ set resource and budget priorities ⓘ
relatedTo	Defense Planning Guidance self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Defense Planning Guidance, 1992–1994 National Military Strategy ⓘ surface form: National Military Strategy of the United States National Security Strategy of the United States ⓘ Quadrennial Defense Review ⓘ
scope	alliance and partnership strategy ⓘ contingency planning ⓘ force modernization ⓘ global U.S. defense posture ⓘ
timePeriod	post–Cold War era ⓘ
usedBy	Joint Staff ⓘ Office of the Secretary of Defense ⓘ military services ⓘ
usedFor	capability development priorities ⓘ force structure decisions ⓘ programming and budgeting decisions ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

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Joint Strategic Capabilities Plan → basedOn → Defense Planning Guidance ⓘ

National Defense Strategy of the United States → predecessor → Defense Planning Guidance ⓘ

Defense Planning Guidance → relatedTo → Defense Planning Guidance self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Defense Planning Guidance, 1992–1994