Department of Defense Appropriations for Fiscal Year 1977: Hearings Before a Subcommittee of the Committee on Appropriations, United States Senate, Ninety-fourth Congress, Second Session, an Act Making Appropriations for the Department of Defense for the Fiscal Year Ending September 30, 1977, and for Other PurposesU.S. Government Printing Office, 1976 |
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... capability for defense , deterrence , and detente in the future if these adverse trends continue . This budget says it will not , and sets out to change the trends . III . Defense Objectives -- The primary U.S. objective is , of course ...
... capability for defense , deterrence , and detente in the future if these adverse trends continue . This budget says it will not , and sets out to change the trends . III . Defense Objectives -- The primary U.S. objective is , of course ...
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... capability to deter an all - out nuclear attack . Their ability to execute controlled and limited responses is being enhanced as a result of improvements in plans , command and control , and the increasing flexibility being introduced ...
... capability to deter an all - out nuclear attack . Their ability to execute controlled and limited responses is being enhanced as a result of improvements in plans , command and control , and the increasing flexibility being introduced ...
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... capability to strike accurately at military targets , including some hardened sites . But it does not permit , and our programs do not aim to acquire , a disarming first - strike capability against the USSR . Such an objective is not ...
... capability to strike accurately at military targets , including some hardened sites . But it does not permit , and our programs do not aim to acquire , a disarming first - strike capability against the USSR . Such an objective is not ...
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... capability will have to come from our allies . Unless such a contribution is forthcoming , our best judgment must be that while we cannot have high confidence of stopping a surprise Pact attack , the Pact cannot have high confidence of ...
... capability will have to come from our allies . Unless such a contribution is forthcoming , our best judgment must be that while we cannot have high confidence of stopping a surprise Pact attack , the Pact cannot have high confidence of ...
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... capability responsive to a mounting threat . Equipment which is purchased to replace worn - out items must embody the technology needed to match the increasingly sophisticated Soviet forces . This necessarily involves defense budget ...
... capability responsive to a mounting threat . Equipment which is purchased to replace worn - out items must embody the technology needed to match the increasingly sophisticated Soviet forces . This necessarily involves defense budget ...
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