..-Nuclear-free zones would reduce the possibility of acciden- 
tal release of radioactivity and, perhaps, serve to remove 
one's homeland from a strategic target list. These movements 
will continue around the globe. 
(c) Today's bases are consolidated, multifunction instal- 
lations. In some areas, there is no functional redundancy and 
little reserve capacity. These bases form a transportation 
and communications network with a number of critical nodes -—- 
some patently obvious. The removal of one of the critical 
nodes leaves a noticeable gap in the network. Some of these 
nodes are of questionable reliability because of differences 
of opinion on remuneration and/or uses for the facilities. 
(d) That the U.S. needs most of the bases it now possess- 
es is the natural result of our optimizing the worldwide base 
structure. The facilities that remain are primarily logistical 
support bases for theater non-nuclear missions. Increasingly, 
in the 1980s and 1990s, we want to use these facilities for 
the pursuit of unilateral objectives. 
(e) Access to U.S. facilities is becoming increasingly 
limited. To protect their political options, host nations 
understandably want consultation when we use bases in their 
territory to project power. They may withhold agreement when 
it is U.S. power that is being projected for U.S. purposes 
alone. 
2.1.2. Technical and Physical Factors 
2.1.2.1. The President's Commission on Integrated Long-Term Strategy 
Although, CILTS does not abandon the basic grand strategy of for- 
ward deployment, the report critically addresses potential impact of 
contemporary realities and trends in technological factors. For 
instance, it is recognized that life-cycle generations in large scale 
force developments require long-term strategic planning projections of 
at least two decades. This requirement applies to lead-times for major 
armaments procurement and warfare systems architecture based on conce- 
ivable future developments in technology. 
2.1.2.2. The Hudson Institute 
(a) Overall, the global basing system has been stream- 
lined and stripped of the redundancy it once had. ..-.As the 
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