Hearings on Military Posture and H.R. 10929: Department of Defense Authorization for Appropriations for Fiscal Year 1979 Before the Committee on Armed Services, House of Representatives, Ninety-fifth Congress, Second Session, Part 1U.S. Government Printing Office, 1978 - United States |
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... warfare agents and munitions but would permit development of means of protection against chemical attack . The United States will maintain its present chemical warfare retaliatory capability until an equitable and adequately verifiable ...
... warfare agents and munitions but would permit development of means of protection against chemical attack . The United States will maintain its present chemical warfare retaliatory capability until an equitable and adequately verifiable ...
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... warfare ( ASW ) and seaborne anti - air warfare ( AAW ) rather than on a major anti - shipping capability designed to interdict sea lanes that the Soviets would not use in wartime . The use of static measures alone is just as ...
... warfare ( ASW ) and seaborne anti - air warfare ( AAW ) rather than on a major anti - shipping capability designed to interdict sea lanes that the Soviets would not use in wartime . The use of static measures alone is just as ...
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... warfare consists of atomic demolition munitions , shells , bombs , warheads , and depth charges , along with a few specialized delivery systems such as PERSHING and LANCE missiles . Otherwise , we depend primarily on our conventional ...
... warfare consists of atomic demolition munitions , shells , bombs , warheads , and depth charges , along with a few specialized delivery systems such as PERSHING and LANCE missiles . Otherwise , we depend primarily on our conventional ...
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... warfare but also an increased probability of nuclear exchanges . We have strong incentives to prevent either eventuality from happening . President Carter has already made it clear that the United States does not rule out the use of ...
... warfare but also an increased probability of nuclear exchanges . We have strong incentives to prevent either eventuality from happening . President Carter has already made it clear that the United States does not rule out the use of ...
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... warfare and its deterrence place a heavy premium on combat readiness . This , I should add , is a relatively new requirement for the United States in peacetime , and one to which we have not become entirely accustomed in our thinking or ...
... warfare and its deterrence place a heavy premium on combat readiness . This , I should add , is a relatively new requirement for the United States in peacetime , and one to which we have not become entirely accustomed in our thinking or ...
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active addition Admiral HOLLOWAY air defense Air Force aircraft airlift allies amphibious areas arms Army attack AWACS ballistic missile base bomber budget capability carrier Chairman CLAYTOR combat command and control communications continue cost cruise missile deleted Department of Defense deployed deployment deterrence effective efforts equipment Europe fighter fleet force structure funds going helicopter ICBM improve increase initial logistic maintain maintenance major Marine Corps ment military million mission mobilization modernization NATO naval forces Navy's nuclear forces operational percent personnel planned potential procurement readiness recruiting reduce request requirements Reserve Forces Secretary BROWN Secretary of Defense ships SLBM Soviet Navy Soviet Union squadrons SSBN strategic nuclear submarines surface-to-air missile surveillance tactical air tanks targets theater nuclear forces threat tion TRIDENT U.S. Navy United USSR V/STOL war reserve stocks warfare Warsaw Pact weapon systems