Managing risk to defense-critical infrastructure is a key homeland defense mission. Recognizing that competitors and adversaries seek to undermine, degrade, or attack U.S. critical infrastructure, key questions include: How can adversaries hold U.S. critical infrastructure at risk? What warnings and indicators are associated with potential attacks on critical infrastructure? What capabilities can the Joint Force employ to make critical assets more resilient? What dependencies do military installations and defense critical infrastructure have on non-DoD-owned critical infrastructure? What capabilities can the Joint Force employ to protect non DoD owned critical infrastructure? What military assets will be required to recover from potential disruptions to critical infrastructure that enables military operations? These should propose affordable approaches to mitigating the likelihood or severity of potential threats.
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