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 - Government publications |
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... addition , a number of other regions where the United States and its allies have vital interests and where serious and poten- tially explosive rivalries exist . The Middle East , despite the hope provided by recent events , remains a ...
... addition , a number of other regions where the United States and its allies have vital interests and where serious and poten- tially explosive rivalries exist . The Middle East , despite the hope provided by recent events , remains a ...
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... addition , the United States and its allies must be free from any coercion and intimi- dation that could result from perceptions of an overall imbalance or particular asymmetries in nuclear forces . The strategic forces , in conjunction ...
... addition , the United States and its allies must be free from any coercion and intimi- dation that could result from perceptions of an overall imbalance or particular asymmetries in nuclear forces . The strategic forces , in conjunction ...
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... addition , the Soviets have a fifth generation of ICBMs in development , estimated to consist of four missiles . Flight testing of one or two of these missiles could begin at any time , with the others following by the early 1980s . b ...
... addition , the Soviets have a fifth generation of ICBMs in development , estimated to consist of four missiles . Flight testing of one or two of these missiles could begin at any time , with the others following by the early 1980s . b ...
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... addition to our strategic forces . They could even use their forces quite selectively against a small number of targets . In short , the Soviets are acquiring capabilities that will give their nuclear forces some of the flexibility that ...
... addition to our strategic forces . They could even use their forces quite selectively against a small number of targets . In short , the Soviets are acquiring capabilities that will give their nuclear forces some of the flexibility that ...
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... addition to our capability . But they are neither a panacea nor a special cause for alarm . 5 . The Adequacy of the Forces The adequacy of our theater nuclear forces would be most severely tested in Europe , where they face the large ...
... addition to our capability . But they are neither a panacea nor a special cause for alarm . 5 . The Adequacy of the Forces The adequacy of our theater nuclear forces would be most severely tested in Europe , where they face the large ...
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Acquisition active addition air defense airborne aircraft airlift allies areas arms Army artillery attack ballistic missile bomber capability carrier Chart combat command and control communications continue conventional cost cruise missile Department of Defense deployed deployment deterrence effective efforts equipment Europe fighter fleet funding ground forces helicopter ICBM improve increase initial launchers logistics maintain major Marine Corps ment military million MINUTEMAN MINUTEMAN III mission mobility modern munitions NATO NATO's naval forces Navy nuclear forces nuclear weapons operational percent personnel planned posture procurement production protection radar readiness reduce region reserve satellites Secretary of Defense ships SLBM Soviet Union squadrons strategic forces strategic nuclear submarine surface-to-air missile surveillance tactical air forces tanks targets theater nuclear theater nuclear forces threat tion TRIDENT United USSR V/STOL war reserve stocks warheads Warsaw Pact weapon systems
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