DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION FOR APPROPRIATIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR 1979 HEARINGS BEFORE THE COMMITTEE ON ARMED SERVICES UNITED STATES SENATE NINETY-FIFTH CONGRESS SECOND SESSION ON S. 2571 TO AUTHORIZE APPROPRIATIONS DURING THE FISCAL YEAR 1979, FOR PROCUREMENT OF AIRCRAFT, MISSILES, NAVAL VESSELS, TRACKED COMBAT VEHICLES, TORPEDOES, AND OTHER WEAPONS, AND RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST AND EVALUATION FOR THE ARMED FORCES, AND TO PRESCRIBE THE AUTHORIZED PERSONNEL STRENGTH FOR EACH ACTIVE DUTY COMPONENT AND OF THE SELECTED RESERVE OF EACH RESERVE COMPONENT OF THE ARMED FORCES AND OF CIVILIAN PERSONNEL OF THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE, TO AUTHORIZE THE MILITARY TRAINING STUDENT LOADS, AND TO AUTHORIZE APPROPRIATIONS FOR CIVIL DEFENSE, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES 22-142 O PART 1-AUTHORIZATION POSTURE STATEMENT Secretary of Defense Harold Brown FEBRUARY 7, 1978 Printed for the use of the Committee on Armed Services U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE WASHINGTON: 1978 VIII. Foreign policy and deterrence.. IX. Deterrence and the Soviet Union. X. The approach to planning.......... I. Policy for the strategic nuclear forces. II. Policy for the general purpose forces-- A. The theater nuclear forces__ |