Department of Defense appropriations for 1989: hearings before a subcommittee of the Committee on Appropriations, House of Representatives, One Hundredth Congress, second session, Part 6U.S. Government Printing Office, 1988 |
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acquisition ADATS additional advanced procurement AH-64 APACHE AHIP air defense Air Force aircraft ammunition Answer Apache appropriation armor Army Army's AUCOIN award base Bigeye Black Hawk Bradley budget request capability CHAPPELL chemical CHEN CIANCIOLO combat Command competition complete Congress continue contractor cryofracture delivery DICKS electronic engine facility fighter fire fiscal year 1989 flight funds fuze going GREENBERG helicopter HMMWV howitzer improvements includes increase initial production Johnston Atoll launch M109 HOWITZER McDADE ment million missile mission mobilization modifications MODS MONAHAN mortar multiyear contract munitions NATO operational testing Palletized Loading System percent Pine Bluff Arsenal plant projected prototype quantity Question radar reduced reliability requirements schedule Slide Soviet status STEVENS Stinger strategic support equipment survivability tactical tanks target test and evaluation threat tion Titan IV Tooele Tooele Army Depot trucks unit cost upgrade vehicles weapon systems WTCV
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Page 599 - HARD MOBILE LAUNCHER complexity, uncertainty, and an unacceptable price into any Soviet attack plan. This is particularly true of the ICBMs which are deployed in the Rail Garrison and hard mobile launcer modes. 2. Current Systems: Our ICBM modernization and silo hardening programs stem from the need to redress the strategic asymmetry caused by the massive Soviet ICBM buildup which began in the early 1970s. Since then, the Soviet Union has deployed over 800 SS-17s, SS-18s, and SS-19s, all of which...