Fiscal Year 1993 Defense Budget: Hearing Before the Committee on the Budget, House of Representatives, One Hundred Second Congress, Second Session, February 5, 1992, Том 4U.S. Government Printing Office, 1992 - Всего страниц: 160 |
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Стр. 74 - US commitment and lend credibility to our alliances, to deter aggression, enhance regional stability, promote US influence and access, and, when necessary, provide an initial crisis response capability. Forward presence is vital to the maintenance of the system of collective defense by which the US has been able to work with our friends and allies to protect our security interests, while minimizing the burden of defense spending and of unnecessary arms competition. Forward presence often involves...
Стр. 12 - ... over. If we make the wrong choices now — if we waste defense dollars on force structure we cannot support, or on more weapons than we need, or on bases we no longer require — then the next time young Americans go into combat, we may suffer casualties that could have been avoided.
Стр. 7 - It will take a long time, lost lives, and many resources to rebuild; our nation's security will be hurt, not furthered, by such precipitous defense cuts. If we choose wisely today, we can do well something America has always done badly before — we can draw down our military force at a responsible rate that will not end up endangering our security. We did not do this well after World War II, and we found ourselves unprepared for the Korean war barely five years later. We did not draw down intelligently...
Стр. 70 - California, which has been described as tougher than anything the troops ran into in Iraq. Similarly, the Air Force "Red Flag" exercise program, which employs joint and multinational air elements in a realistic and demanding training scenario, provided a forum for the rehearsal of tactics, techniques and procedures for the conduct of modern theater air warfare. That is the way training is supposed to work. Our success in the Gulf also reflected outstanding military leadership. The command arrangements...
Стр. 74 - Trident submarines while planning how best to sustain the 18-boat force well into the next century. In addition to these important investments, we must adequately support the operation and training of these forces, the airmen and sailors who operate them, and a readiness posture which is appropriate to the reduced threat, but does not put our deterrent at risk in a tumultuous world. Finally, the Department is working to develop GPALS, and we urge the Congress to continue its strong support for these...
Стр. 105 - As you review our strategy, you will see that deterrence remains the primary and central motivating purpose of our national military strategy. The fundamental objective of America's Armed Forces will remain constant: to deter aggression and, should deterrence fail, to defend the Nation's vital interests against any potential foe. Our national military strategy is built upon four foundations which I have referred to previously: Strategic deterrence and defense, forward presence, crisis response and...
Стр. 55 - We can maintain the alliances and military capabilities necessary to our regional strategy. We can provide more security at a reduced cost. We have gained so much strategic depth that the threats to our security are now relatively distant, so much so that they are harder to define with precision. It is important that we take advantage of this position and preserve those capabilities necessary to keep threats small. If we fail to maintain the necessary level of military power, we are likely to find...
Стр. 67 - This war demonstrated dramatically the new possibilities of what has been called the military-technological revolution in warfare. This technological revolution encompasses many areas, including standoff precision weaponry, sophisticated sensors, stealth for surprise and survivability.
Стр. 81 - Defense (DoD) is $267.6 billion in budget authority and $272.8 billion in outlays. Adjusting for inflation, this means a real decline in budget authority of 7 percent below the FY 1992 level enacted by Congress and 29 percent below FY 1985.
Стр. 77 - US defense strategy in 1990, reconstitution planning focused on the possibility that the Soviet Union might seek to restore quickly the reductions it was making in its military forces. Since then, the Soviet Union has ceased to exist, and military forces in the former Soviet Union have been cut even further. Thus, reconstitution — especially in its focus on deterring any potential adversary from building the military forces needed to pose a global threat — is still an important component of our...