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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... allies and other friends who genuinely share similar aspirations . Sixth , the Soviet Union , by contrast , suffers from major internal handicaps economic , political , and social which is not to say we are without our internal problems ...
... allies and other friends who genuinely share similar aspirations . Sixth , the Soviet Union , by contrast , suffers from major internal handicaps economic , political , and social which is not to say we are without our internal problems ...
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... allies who can help counterbalance the Soviet effort . The Soviets are not so fortunate . Moreover , they have felt obliged to allocate up to about 20 percent of their total defense effort to the Far East and the PRC , and the Chinese ...
... allies who can help counterbalance the Soviet effort . The Soviets are not so fortunate . Moreover , they have felt obliged to allocate up to about 20 percent of their total defense effort to the Far East and the PRC , and the Chinese ...
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... allied conventional capabilities . Strategic parity has not created this prob- lem ; the United States and its allies have been at risk to Soviet nu- clear attacks for many years . But nuclear parity has forced all of us to recognize ...
... allied conventional capabilities . Strategic parity has not created this prob- lem ; the United States and its allies have been at risk to Soviet nu- clear attacks for many years . But nuclear parity has forced all of us to recognize ...
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... allies , in the coming year alone , will add almost 2,000 antitank guided missile launchers and 14,000 antitank missiles to their capability in central Europe . In December 1977 , the allies also agreed to improve war reserve stocks ...
... allies , in the coming year alone , will add almost 2,000 antitank guided missile launchers and 14,000 antitank missiles to their capability in central Europe . In December 1977 , the allies also agreed to improve war reserve stocks ...
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... 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 source of potential conflict . United States and European security ...
... 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 source of potential conflict . United States and European security ...
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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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