Department of Defense Appropriations, Part 1U.S. Government Printing Office, 1976 |
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... allies in Europe and Asia find themselves in varying degrees of economic and political difficulty . From the Azores , through Europe and the Mediterranean , to Japan , common objectives and policies remain to be formulated . The ...
... allies in Europe and Asia find themselves in varying degrees of economic and political difficulty . From the Azores , through Europe and the Mediterranean , to Japan , common objectives and policies remain to be formulated . The ...
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... allies to buy us the time to expand our defense production base , to mobilize and deploy our forces , to learn the lessons of the conflict from the mistakes of others , and to turn the tide of war in our favor . The luxury of time - and ...
... allies to buy us the time to expand our defense production base , to mobilize and deploy our forces , to learn the lessons of the conflict from the mistakes of others , and to turn the tide of war in our favor . The luxury of time - and ...
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... allies - must be a function , not of internal political disputes , but of our needs in light of the capabilities and pro- grams of potential adversaries . Second , we must avoid unilateral reductions in the baseline 14 System.
... allies - must be a function , not of internal political disputes , but of our needs in light of the capabilities and pro- grams of potential adversaries . Second , we must avoid unilateral reductions in the baseline 14 System.
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... allies . The third requirement is for a force that , in response to Soviet actions , could implement a variety of limited preplanned options and react rapidly to retarget- ing orders so as to deter any range of further attacks that a ...
... allies . The third requirement is for a force that , in response to Soviet actions , could implement a variety of limited preplanned options and react rapidly to retarget- ing orders so as to deter any range of further attacks that a ...
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... allies that lie in such close proximity to it . Our association with NATO now dates back more than a quarter of a century and there is general agreement that we should continue it . Despite occasional differences among allies , most of ...
... allies that lie in such close proximity to it . Our association with NATO now dates back more than a quarter of a century and there is general agreement that we should continue it . Despite occasional differences among allies , most of ...
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active additional Agency air defense Air Force aircraft allies appropriation Army ARPA attack AWACS balance bomber budget request capability Chairman MCCLELLAN civilian combat command and control commissary stores communications Congress continue contract cost defense budget deleted Department of Defense deployed deployment deterrence dollars effective effort engineering equipment estimate evaluation fighter fiscal year 1976 funds HEILMEIER ICBM impact improve increase inflation initial inventory laser major manpower ment military personnel million missile mission NATO naval Navy nuclear weapons Office operational options outlays percent planned potential procurement production radar RDT&E reduced requirements research and development reserve retired pay Secretary of Defense Secretary SCHLESINGER Senator YOUNG Services ships SLBM South Vietnam Soviet Union strategic submarines tactical tanks targets technology base threat tion United USSR vehicles Vietnam war reserve stocks Warsaw Pact weapon systems WRSA WWMCCS
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