A Thoroughly Efficient NavyBrookings Institution, 1987 - 130 pages |
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Page 33
... table 3-3 . The bombers and their refueling tankers constitute the most expensive part of the offense , the SLBMS come next , and the ICBMs are the cheapest . The SLBMs , however , are the cheapest per second - strike delivered warhead ...
... table 3-3 . The bombers and their refueling tankers constitute the most expensive part of the offense , the SLBMS come next , and the ICBMs are the cheapest . The SLBMs , however , are the cheapest per second - strike delivered warhead ...
Page 115
... table 10-2 ) . By contrast , the Navy fleet would require more new ships and annual real growth of more than 3 percent during the same period ( as also shown in table 10-2 ) according to the estimates of the Congressional Budget Office ...
... table 10-2 ) . By contrast , the Navy fleet would require more new ships and annual real growth of more than 3 percent during the same period ( as also shown in table 10-2 ) according to the estimates of the Congressional Budget Office ...
Page 117
... table 10-4 ) would do better in delivering tonnage to the overseas forces , but take slightly longer to achieve its power projection objectives . However , its ten - year cost would be considerably less ( as seen in table 10-2 ) ...
... table 10-4 ) would do better in delivering tonnage to the overseas forces , but take slightly longer to achieve its power projection objectives . However , its ten - year cost would be considerably less ( as seen in table 10-2 ) ...
Contents
Defense of the Navy | 5 |
The Maritime Strategy | 12 |
The Navy and the Strategic Nuclear Forces 222 | 22 |
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67 submarines Admiral Watkins Air Force aircraft carriers alert allies amphibious lift amphibious ships antisubmarine warfare Atlantic attack submarines author's estimates ballistic missile submarines bases battleships billion bombers campaign carrier battle groups command committed contingencies conventional forces convoys cost cruise missiles Defense Annual Report defense budget delivered delivery systems Department of Defense deploy deployable deployment destroyers efficient force Efficient Navy enemy escorts Europe fighter Fiscal Year 1987 fleet force planners force planning guided-missile helicopters ICBMs Kola Peninsula Korea land-based forces launch launchers Marine amphibious brigade Marine Corps military Minuteman Minuteman III missions NATO naval forces Navy's nuclear weapons nuclear-powered attack submarines offensive open-ocean search operations overseas Pacific peacetime percent Persian Gulf Poseidon power projection raid sea-lanes second-strike Secretary of Defense SLBMs Soviet navy Soviet Union SSBNs strategic nuclear forces surface combatants surviving Table TLAM-N tonnage Total Trident U.S. forces U.S. Navy Underway replenishment ships United warheads