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Coin presented by the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Global Strategic Affairs circa 2012.
This is a weighty, high-gloss coin that features the seal of the Secretary of Defense on one side. On the reverse, satellite or ballistic missile trajectories ring an image of the planet, with the continents superimposed in a binary code. Icons involving global strategic affairs rim the image: silhouettes of submarines, CBRN logos, satellites, and missiles.
TheAssistant Secretary of Defense for Global Strategic Affairs, orASD(GSA), is a position in theOffice of the Secretary of Defensethat develops policy for the Secretary on countering weapons of mass destruction, nuclear forces and missile defense, cyber security and space issues. ASD(GSA) is currently tasked with three major congressionally mandated reviews: the Nuclear Posture Review, the Ballistic Missile Defense Review, and the Space Posture Review. In addition, GSA is theDefense Department'slead in developing the DoD's cybersecurity strategy, and for crafting the policy for the standup of the new Cyber Command. ASD(GSA) answers to theUnder Secretary of Defense for Policy. Although ASD(GSA) is a recently configured office, its functional responsibilities can be traced back in part to a position eliminated in early 2008, the 'Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security measures approximate 1.75 inches in diameter.
