Defense Issues, Volume 11American Forces Information Service, 1996 |
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... [fiscal year] 99 budget, we lave a $6 billion savings associated with :hat. So there's a $10 billion swing .here, but we haven't reached that point ret, we haven't gotten the benefit. So far, every year I've been secretary, he base ...
... [fiscal year] 99 budget, we lave a $6 billion savings associated with :hat. So there's a $10 billion swing .here, but we haven't reached that point ret, we haven't gotten the benefit. So far, every year I've been secretary, he base ...
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... [fiscal year] 96 budget request — will not sustain the Bottom- up Review force over the long term. The drawdown is nearly complete with the FY 96 budget, and so from FY 97 on, we will have to increase our. MX 0DE ?n 0IO VDLUME 11 NUMBER E ..
... [fiscal year] 96 budget request — will not sustain the Bottom- up Review force over the long term. The drawdown is nearly complete with the FY 96 budget, and so from FY 97 on, we will have to increase our. MX 0DE ?n 0IO VDLUME 11 NUMBER E ..
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... fiscal '96 budget submitted to Congress. And this modernization plan will focus on building a ready, flexible, responsive force for the changing security environment in which we live. That means we will continue to maintain ...
... fiscal '96 budget submitted to Congress. And this modernization plan will focus on building a ready, flexible, responsive force for the changing security environment in which we live. That means we will continue to maintain ...
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... [fiscal year] 1997 budget. Since that budget has not yet been finalized, I am not prepared to discuss the final results of the review tonight. Instead, I am prepared to share with you my thoughts on the objectives, approach and ...
... [fiscal year] 1997 budget. Since that budget has not yet been finalized, I am not prepared to discuss the final results of the review tonight. Instead, I am prepared to share with you my thoughts on the objectives, approach and ...
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... [fiscal year] 1995 and FY 1996 budgets and the FY 1997 budget request are at historically high levels of O&M funding (normalized to force size). Medium-term readiness depends on attracting top-quality people and retaining them after they ...
... [fiscal year] 1995 and FY 1996 budgets and the FY 1997 budget request are at historically high levels of O&M funding (normalized to force size). Medium-term readiness depends on attracting top-quality people and retaining them after they ...
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Page 16 - In order for this program to succeed, both the Administration and the Congress must provide sustained bipartisan support for the stockpile stewardship program over the next decade and beyond. I am committed to working with the Congress to ensure this support.
Page 16 - Mr. Chairman and members of the Subcommittee. I am honored to have this opportunity to appear before you.
Page 13 - ... believe there also is a tremendous basis for consensus, and it is in that spirit that I come before you today. How best to handle the dangers and opportunities of the post-cold war era has been exhaustively studied by the Department of Defense. Our strategy calls for a force structure that will be capable of fighting and winning two nearly simultaneous major regional conflicts, and conducting a wide range of other military operations.
Page 13 - The NMD Ground-based radar is an X-band. phased array radar that leverages heavily off developments achieved by the THAAD GBR program. By taking advantage of the work already completed in the TMD arena, BMDO has been able to reduce the expected development cost of the GBR by approximately $70 million. In 1998 the GBR prototype, developed by Raytheon, will be fabricated at the US Kwajalein Atoll to begin testing to resolve critical issues related to discrimination, target object map, kill assessment,...
Page 16 - It is important to note that this cooperative program is also funded within the Joint TMD program element. Cruise Missile Defense. Many TMD sensors, BMC3, and weapons also have an effective capability to counter the growing land-attack cruise missile threat. In particular, the lower-tier PAC-3, Navy Area Defense, and MEADS systems operate in the same battlespace and will have significant capability against the cruise missile threat. In addition, the NMD BMC3 architecture will be designed to promote...
Page 17 - Organization of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, constitute the immediate military staff of the Secretary of Defense. The Joint Chiefs of Staff are the principal military advisers to the President, the National Security Council, and the Secretary of Defense.
Page 16 - MEADS systems operate in the same battlespace and will have significant capability against the cruise missile threat. In addition, the NMD BMC3 architecture will be designed to promote interoperability and evolution to a common BMC3 system for ballistic and cruise missile defense. The Department also has a number of initiatives outside the BMD program to improve the ability of US forces to detect and defeat cruise missiles "in theater" or launched against the United States.