DELETED IMPROVE FORCE SURVIVABILITY. DELETED IMPROVE CONVENTIONAL AND SUPPORT SYSTEMS. IMPROVEMENTS (U) THE U.S. STRATEGIC DETERRENCE DEPENDS ON THE TRIAD OF FORCES, INTERCONTINENTAL MISSILES, BOMBER DELIVERED WEAPONS, AND SUBMARINE LAUNCHED BALLISTIC MISSILES. THIS RANGE OF FORCES COMPLICATES SOVIET ATTACK PLANNING, DILUTES SOVIET FORCES, AND PROVIDES HEDGES AGAINST FAILURE OF OUR DETERRENCE BECAUSE OF TECHNOLOGICAL BREAKTHROUGH IN ANY SINGLE AREA. (U) IN THE AREA OF THE BOMBER DELIVERED WEAPONS, THE THRUST OF OUR BUDGETARY REQUESTS IS TO RETIRE OR MODERNIZE OLD STRATEGIC BOMBS WHICH HAVE BEEN IN THE STOCKPILE FOR 20 TO 30 YEARS. ADDITIONALLY, WE WILL CONTINUE PRODUCTION OF A NEW STRATEGIC BOMB AS WELL AS WARHEADS FOR THE AIR-LAUNCHED CRUISE MISSILE AND ADVANCED CRUISE MISSILE, AND WILL CONTINUE FEASIBILITY STUDIES, TRADEOFF ANALYSES, AND COST STUDIES FOR THE REPLACEMENT FOR THE CURRENT SHORT-RANGE ATTACK MISSILE, NOW DESIGNATED AS SRAM II. SPECIFICALLY, IN OUR BOMBER SYSTEMS MODERNIZATION, WE WILL COMPLETE OUR B28 BOMB (CARRIED IN B-52 BOMBERS) STOCKPILE IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM WHICH PROVIDES FOR ENHANCED ELECTRICAL SAFETY. ANOTHER MAJOR MODERNIZATION PROGRAM WHICH BEGAN IN FY85 IS THE IMPROVEMENT OF THE BE1-1 BOMB (CARRIED BY ! B-52, FB-111, B-1B AND ATB) BY CONVERTING IT TO A BE1-7 BOMB WHICH INCORPORATES ENHANCED SAFETY FEATURES AND COMMAND AND CONTROL DEVICES. WE ANTICIPATE CONVERTING APPROXIMATELY DELETED CONTINUE OUR PRODUCTION OF THE MODERN DELETED DELETED WE WILL STRATEGIC BOMB, THE B83, WHICH IS COMPATIBLE WITH ALL CURRENT AND PROJECTED STRATEGIC BOMBERS. PRODUCTION OF THIS BOMB AT A RATE OF APPROXIMATELY PER YEAR ALLOWS US TO RETIRE B-28'S, AND EVENTUALLY WILL COMPRISE, ALONG WITH THE B51-7, OUR ENTIRE STRATEGIC BOMB STOCKPILE. OUR FINAL BOMBER CARRIED STRATEGIC SYSTEM WHICH WILL BE IN PRODUCTION IN FY87 IS THE W80-1 WARHEAD FOR THE AIR LAUNCHED CRUISE MISSILE, WHICH PROVIDES LONG-RANGE STANDOFF ATTACK CAPABILITY FOR OUR BOMBER FORCE. OUR PRODUCTION WILL BE APPROXIMATELY DELETED MISSILES COMPLETED. A FINAL STRATEGIC SYSTEM WHICH WILL DELETED (U) IN THE AREA OF INTERCONTINENTAL BALLISTIC MISSILES, THE BUDGET REQUEST SUPPORTS IMPROVEMENTS IN OUR HARD TARGET KILL CAPABILITY WITH THE MORE ACCURATE PEACEKEEPER (W87) SYSTEM, AND ALLOWS US TO CONTINUE OUR FEASIBILITY STUDIES OF THE SMALL ICBM. SPECIFICALLY, THE PEACEKEEPER SYSTEM WILL REACH ITS INITIAL OPERATIONAL CAPABILITY IN DECEMBER 198€ WITH DEPLOYMENT IN EXISTING MINUTEMAN SILOS. WE WILL FINISH STUDYING THE BASING MODE FOR THE SECOND 50 MISSILES IN FY87 AND WILL MAKE OUR RECOMMENDATIONS BASED ON THAT STUDY. FOR THE SMALL ICBM, OUR FEASIBILITY STUDIES WILL PROVIDE CANDIDATE DESIGNS, RECOMMENDATIONS, AND COST INFORMATION NECESSARY TO PRODUCE DELETED PLUS WARHEADS FOR THE SMALL ICBM SYSTEM. THE PHASE 2 STUDY RESULTS WILL PROVIDE THE WARHEAD TECHNICAL INFORMATION NECESSARY TO FIELD THIS SURVIVABLE. MOBILE SYSTEM WHICH WILL HOLD SOVIET TARGETS AT RISK IN THE TRANS- AND POST-ATTACK PHASE OF CONFLICT. THE PHASE 2 STUDY SHOULD BE COMPLETED IN MARCH 1986, TO BE FOLLOWED BY A PHASE 2A STUDY THAT WILL IDENTIFY A BASELINE WARHEAD DESIGN AND ASSOCIATED COST INFORMATION. WE WILL CONTINUE CONCEPT STUDIES TO ENSURE TECHNOLOGICAL SUPERIORITY AND TO SATISFY CHANGING DEFENSE CONCEPTS BEING INVESTIGATED INCLUDE EARTH PENETRATING WEAPONS AND HIGH ACCURACY DELIVERY SYSTEMS. WEAPONS FOUND TO BE EFFECTIVE AGAINST THESE TARGETS WILL BE IDENTIFIED IN RELATION TO EXISTING AND PLANNED BOMBER AND ICBM DELIVERY SYSTEMS. WE ARE CONTINUING TO PURSUE TECHNOLOGIES THAT WILL PROVIDE METHODS TO DIRECTLY ATTACK DEFENSES AS WELL AS METHODS TO CONFUSE OR DISRUPT DEFENSE CAPABILITIES. DELETED THE SOON TO BE INITIATED STRATEGIC RELOCATABLE TARGET (SRT) STUDIES WILL ATTEMPT TO IDENTIFY EFFECTIVE NUCLEAR WEAPONS CONCEPTS TO ATTACK MOBILE TARGETS WITH OUR FORCES. DELETED THE RESULTS OF THESE STUDIES DELETED WILL COMPRISE PART OF THE AIR FORCE'S RESPONSE TO TASKING (U) IN ADDITION TO THE MODERNIZATION OF OUR STRATEGIC DETERRENT, WE ARE ALSO EMBARKED ON A MODERNIZATION OF OUR INTERMEDIATE RANGE (THEATER) NUCLEAR FORCES. THESE FORCES ENHANCE OUR STRATEGIC DETERRENT BY ALLOWING A FLEXIBLE RESPONSE TO ANY SOVIET AGGRESSION AND PROVIDE A BALANCE TO AN OVERWHELMING SOVIET CONVENTIONAL FORCE SUPERIORITY, PROGRAMS OF COOPERATION WITH OUR NATO ALLIES ALLOW SHARING OF THE BURDEN OF THEATER DETERRENCE. SIMILAR TO THE STRATEGIC BOMB MODERNIZATION PROGRAM. IN THE TACTICAL BOMB ARENA. WE ARE PRODUCING NEW BOMBS WITH THE MOST MODERN SAFETY AND COMMAND AND CONTROL FEATURES FOR USE BY U.S. FORCES AND OUR ALLIES IN THE HIGH TERRORIST THREAT AREAS OVERSEAS. THIS NEW PRODUCTION IS ALLOWING US TO RETIRE OLDER WEAPONS WHICH HAVE BEEN IN THE STOCKPILE FOR DELETED ALMOST 30 YEARS. THIS YEAR WE REACHED A MILESTONE: ALL SPECIFICALLY, WE ARE CONTINUING TO PRODUCE THE BE1-3/4 TACTICAL BOMB WHICH IS CARRIED BY BOTH THE U.S. AND NATO DUAL-CAPABLE AIRCRAFT. OUR ANTICIPATED PRODUCTION RATE HAS BEEN CUT DELETED FOR FY87 TO APPROXIMATELY DELETED ADDITIONALLY, OUR BE1-E/8 BOMB PROGRAM (PROVIDING ENHANCED STATE-OF-THE-ART COMMAND AND CONTROL FEATURES OVER THE B61-3/4) WHICH WAS IN ENGINEERING DEVELOPMENT WAS CANCELLED BECAUSE OF THE DEFICIT REDUCTION ACT. WE NOW PLAN TO CONTINUE BUILDING ADDITIONAL BE1-3/4 BOMBS TO REPLACE THE B61-C/8'S, NECESSITATING RETIREMENT OF OLDER WEAPONS FARTHER IN THE FUTURE THAN HAD BEEN PLANNED BEFORE GRAMM-RUDMAN-HOLLINGS. THE LAST MAJOR SYSTEM INCLUDED IN OUR THEATER NUCLEAR FORCE MODERNIZATION IS THE GROUND LAUNCHED CRUISE MISSILE (GLCM). THIS SMALL, ACCURATE MISSILE ENHANCES DETERRENCE BECAUSE IT ADDS ANOTHER ASPECT TO INTERMEDIATE RANGE NUCLEAR FORCES OVER AIRCRAFT DELIVERED WEAPONS, AND BECAUSE ITS MOBILE BASING MODE ENHANCES SURVIVABILITY. IN FY87, WE WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE MISSILES AT THE RATE OF APPROXIMATELY |