Air Force/RAND Seminar on Deterrence

RAND and the Air Force are teaming up to host a seminar on deterrence at Barksdale Air Force Base today.  According to the Shreveport Times, the seminar will largely be classified.  Discussing the agenda for the meeting Lt. Gen. Robert J. Elder Jr. said,

This event focuses on global deterrence from a historical perspective, but with a view towards improving our capabilities today and posturing for the future.

In the wake of Schlesinger 1 and Schlesinger 2 it will important to see how the Air Force and the rest of DoD respond to both the lack of attention to the nuclear issue and also the deterrence calculations put forth in Schelsinger 2.  Stay tuned for updates of any press coverage related to the unclassified parts of the event. UPDATE: The Shreveport Times published an article on Saturday briefly discussing the unclassified opening remarks by Lt. Gen. Robert J. Elder Jr.