Defense Department Authorization and Oversight: Hearings on H.R. 4428, Department of Defense Authorization of Appropriations for Fiscal Year 1987, and Oversight of Previously Authorized Programs Before the Committee on Armed Services, House of Representatives, Ninety-ninth Congress, Second Session : Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation--Title II, Hearings Held February 18, 19, 25, 26, 27, March 4, 5, 6, 11, and 12, 1986U.S. Government Printing Office, 1986 - 1193 pages |
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acquisition Advanced Advanced Tactical Fighter air defense Air Force air-to-air Air-to-Air Missile aircraft airlift AMRAAM armor Army assessment attack Ballistic Missile base BATTISTA bomber budget capability combat command communications Congress continue contractors conventional COOPER cost cruise missiles DARPA deleted deployed deployment deterrence DICKINSON effective efforts electronic engine enhance equipment fighter Fiscal Year 1987 full scale development funding going helicopter HERTEL HICKS ICBM improved increased initiatives integrated Joint JTIDS KRINGS LANTIRN laser LATHAM launch major MCCURDY military million Milstar Minuteman mobile munitions NATO Navy nuclear weapons operational test PAVE PAWS Peacekeeper Pershing II procurement production radar range RDT&E request requirements satellite schedule sensors SLBM Small ICBM Soviet space Strategic Defense Strategic Defense Initiative submarine surveillance survivability TACAMO tactical target Test and Evaluation theater threat U.S. and USSR upgrade USSR vehicles warfare warhead Warsaw Pact weapon systems
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Page 479 - C' and intelligence fusion information, and nuclear/chemical capability. The Fiscal Year 1987 budget request is designed to accomplish that mix without sacrificing the importance of readiness and sustainability. Force projection is vital to our ability to deter aggression by displaying our readiness to use the correct force at the right time and the right place. Our three key elements of force projection are airlift, refueling, and special operations forces. Air Force airlift operates in conjunction...