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Bottom-up review (BUR)

A comprehensive review, initiated in March 1993, of the nation's defence strategy, force structure, modernization, infrastructure, and foundations. The BUR examined U.S. missile defence requirements from a perspective of identifying options that could meet future needs at an affordable cost.

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