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After the buildup of the 1980s , at the end of the Cold War , we - the Department of the Navy-curtailed modernizing in order to fund near term readiness as the Department of Defense force structure was downsized . As we examined how deterrence had emerged and how it matured in its effectiveness during the Cold War , we began to see deterrence not as a theory , a concept , a doctrine , or even just a strategy , but as an active and dynamic process . That is , rather than acquiesce to the perpetuation of a $ 25 billion-per-year national lab network that is an anachronistic byproduct of World War II and the Cold War , we seek to incubate an alternative national research system that will be responsive to community and citizen concerns of the 21st century . Since too many in the U.S. and India long viewed each other through the lens of the Cold War , we must first work to overcome certain lingering prejudices and suspicions in our own countries .