Department of Defense appropriations for 1986: hearings before a subcommittee of the Committee on Appropriations, House of Representatives, Ninety-ninth Congress, first session, Partie 1U.S. Government Printing Office, 1985 |
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acquisition active additional air defense Air Force aircraft airlift allies Answer areas Army attack ballistic missile bombers capability Chart chemical chemical warfare chemical weapons combat components Congress continue contract contractor conventional cost cruise missiles defense budget Department of Defense deployed deployment deterrence effective efforts enhance ensure equipment facilities fiscal fleet Funding FY helicopters ICBM improve increase initiatives Joint laser Logistics major Marine Corps ment military Millions missions mobilization modernization munitions NATO naval Navy nuclear forces nuclear weapons offensive operations percent personnel potential procurement production projects Question readiness reduce region request requirements sealift Secretary of Defense Secretary WEINBERGER Services ships SLBM Southwest Asia Soviet Union spares squadrons SSBN strategic defense Strategic Defense Initiative submarines sustainability TACAMO tactical targets threat tion United VESSEY warheads Warsaw Pact weapon systems
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Page 294 - Treaty undertake not to place in orbit around the earth any objects carrying nuclear weapons or any other kinds of weapons of mass destruction, install such weapons on celestial bodies, or station such weapons in outer space in any other manner.
Page 382 - What if free people could live secure in the knowledge that their security did not rest upon the threat of instant US retaliation to deter a Soviet attack, that we could intercept and destroy strategic ballistic missiles before they reached our own soil or that of our allies?
Page 214 - MEMORANDUM FOR SECRETARIES OF THE MILITARY DEPARTMENTS CHAIRMAN OF THE JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF UNDER SECRETARIES OF DEFENSE ASSISTANT SECRETARIES OF DEFENSE...
Page 320 - The sides agree that the subject of the negotiations will be a complex of questions concerning space and nuclear arms, both strategic and intermediate range, with all the questions considered and resolved in their interrelationship.
Page 389 - In order for arms control to have meaning and credibly contribute to national security and to global or. regional stability, it is essential that all parties to agreements fully comply with them. Strict compliance with all provisions of arms control agreements is fundamental, and this Administration will not accept anything less. To do so would undermine the arms control process and damage the chances for establishing a more constructive US-Soviet relationship.
Page 417 - In readiness and sustainabillty capabilities. Finally, history shows that while manpower losses can occur quite rapidly, it can take a decade to recoup such losses. b. Reserve Military Manpower The Reserve Components are charged with providing trained units and qualified Individuals for active duty in the Armed Forces in time of war or national emergency. These units and individuals are to be available on short notice and capable of assuming major contingency roles as demanding as those in the active...
Page 589 - Service manpower programs are aimed at recruiting and retaining people who value service to their nation and have the aptitude and motivation to operate and maintain modern weapon systems. The programs initiated to restore and maintain US military strength must be continued. Constant attention and sustained support are required to keep our forces strong.
Page 417 - Code, section 262, defines the purpose of the Reserve components of the US Armed Forces as follows: The purpose of the Reserve components is to provide trained units and qualified persons available for active duty in the Armed Forces, in time of war or national emergency and at such other times as the national security requires...
Page 594 - II6 indicates, the US lead in several key technologies is slipping. Strong US and allied technological bases must be maintained if their qualitative lead in fielded systems is to be retained. US and allied technological leadership and cooperation are even more important now because the Soviets have fielded new equipment some of which is comparable in quality to that produced in the West.
Page 652 - The Military Assistance Program This grant program provides an account for designated countries that may be used to obtain defense equipment and selected services MAP funds allow certain economically disadvantaged countries to improve their security and ability to contribute to collective defense The FY...