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Defense Secretary Previews New ‘Offset’ Strategy, BBP 3.0

Defense Daily Staff

Wednesday, September 3rd, 2014

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Defense Secretary Previews New ‘Offset’ Strategy, BBP 3.0

Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel at the Southeastern New England Defense Industry Alliance Conference Photo: DoD

Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel yesterday said he’s given top DoD officials the green light to develop another "offset" strategy and offered snippets of Better Buying Power 3.0, more of which will be revealed Thursday. Hagel has tasked Deputy Secretary of Defense Robert Work to move ahead with an initiative to develop a third “offset” strategy to ensure military superiority, as the technical edge from previous efforts starts to slide.Offset strategies were developed by national security thinkers in the 1950s…

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