The analysis of conventional Prompt Global Strike alternatives

United States Strategic Command (STRATCOM) has expressed a strong interest in the development of a non-nuclear offensive strategy capable of reaching all enemy targets across the globe within a sixty-minute period from when the launching order is given to when the target is engaged. STRATCOM has defined this mission as conventional Prompt Global Strike (PGS). Currently, STRATCOM believes the United States does not possess any sort of conventional weapon system capable of meeting the criteria of a conventional PGS weapon. The conventional PGS mission calls for a solution that can be implemented immediately. This means the solution must contain only technology that is currently available. As a result of our literature review and our stakeholder analysis, our problem statement is that STRATCOM lacks a conventional PGS capability to hold time-sensitive targets at risk in denied access areas worldwide. To solve this problem, a systems engineering approach is applied to examine different alternatives by using Value-Focused Thinking to develop value models, math modeling to generate performance data, ArcGIS to highlight the system need and to recommend an implementation plan, and a simulation to demonstrate weapon system survivability. This work will result in recommendations for conventional Prompt Global Strike alternatives.