Posture statementU.S. Government Printing Office, 1982 |
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acquisition active additional air defense Air Force aircraft airlift allies areas arms Army attack ballistic missile base bomber capability CARLUCCI carriers CHART chemical chemical warfare civilian combat command competition Congress continue cost cruise missiles defense budget Deleted Department of Defense deployed deployment deterrence dollars economic efforts enhance equipment Europe EXON fighter fiscal year 1983 Funding FY helicopters ICBM improve increase industrial inflation initiatives investment major manpower ment million mission mobilization modernization NATO naval Navy nuclear forces operations outlays percent personnel procurement production projected readiness reduce region requirements Reserve savings Secretary of Defense Secretary WEINBERGER Senator LEVIN Senator NUNN Services ships SLBM Southwest Asia Soviet military Soviet Naval Aviation Soviet Navy Soviet Union SSBNs strategic forces submarines tactical tank targets theater threat tion United USSR warfare Warsaw Pact weapon systems
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