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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... military power comparable to that of the United States . By some measures they are ahead ; by others they are behind . Compara- tive military capability also depends on such factors as the geographic location of a conflict . All in all ...
... military power comparable to that of the United States . By some measures they are ahead ; by others they are behind . Compara- tive military capability also depends on such factors as the geographic location of a conflict . All in all ...
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... military power , we must increase our own efforts . In particular , an increasingly precarious conventional balance be- tween NATO and the Warsaw Pact in Europe is a matter of serious concern . That is why we and our NATO allies , in ...
... military power , we must increase our own efforts . In particular , an increasingly precarious conventional balance be- tween NATO and the Warsaw Pact in Europe is a matter of serious concern . That is why we and our NATO allies , in ...
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... military power comparable to that of the United States . By some measures they are ahead ; by others they are behind . ( Comparative military capability also depends on such factors as the geographic location of a conflict . ) Finally ...
... military power comparable to that of the United States . By some measures they are ahead ; by others they are behind . ( Comparative military capability also depends on such factors as the geographic location of a conflict . ) Finally ...
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... military cap- abilities . Instead , we strive to maintain the nuclear and conventional forces necessary to deter , or if necessary frustrate , possible Soviet military actions in areas of the world that are vital to us . Because certain ...
... military cap- abilities . Instead , we strive to maintain the nuclear and conventional forces necessary to deter , or if necessary frustrate , possible Soviet military actions in areas of the world that are vital to us . Because certain ...
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... military and one million civilian personnel . Of these totals , approximately 516 thousand military and about 148 thousand civilian personnel will be stationed overseas . II - 1 shows the distribution of U.S. military personnel in ...
... military and one million civilian personnel . Of these totals , approximately 516 thousand military and about 148 thousand civilian personnel will be stationed overseas . II - 1 shows the distribution of U.S. military personnel in ...
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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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Page 260 - Force (Manpower, Reserve Affairs and Installations) General Counsel, Department of the Army Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering (Research and Advanced Technology) Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense (Equal Opportunity) Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense (International Security Affairs...
Page 192 - The United States will not be the first supplier to introduce into a region newly-developed, advanced weapons systems which would create a new or significantly higher combat capability.
Page 192 - We will continue to utilize arms transfers to promote our security and the security of our close friends. But in the future the burden of persuasion will be on those who favor a particular arms sale, rather than those who oppose it.
Page 14 - US advantages in other characteristics; and —— the US posture is not in fact, and is not seen as, inferior in performance to the strategic nuclear forces of the Soviet Union.
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