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The Capstone Threat Assessment (CTA) details how foreign countries are developing capabilities that will/can challenge US warfighting capabilities. The assessment is written by the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) with input from other intelligence organizations.
The DIA validates seven (7) types of CTA’s:
- Land Warfare Capstone Threat Assessment
- Air Warfare Capstone
- Chemical, Biological, and Radiological Warfare Capstone Threat Assessment
- Information Operations Capstone Threat Assessment
- Maritime Warfare
- Submarine Capstone System Threat Assessment Report (STAR)
- Surface Ship Capstone STAR
- Naval Fixed Wing Capstone STAR
- Missile Defense Threat Environment
- Space Capstone Threat Assessment
REGULATORY: Capstone Threat Assessments are maintained by the responsible production center and are required to be updated every 2 years, independent of acquisition decision events. [1]
CTA serve as the analytical foundation for System Threat Assessment Reports (STARs) and maintain projections of technology and adversary capability trends over the next 20 years. [1]
AcqTips:
- Specific web address for each CTA type can be found in the DAG
Updated: 7/17/2017
